You have options for disposing of your old SunPass transponder
Q: I’ve noticed in several stories regarding the SunPass programto swap older transponders with newer models there is no information on what to do with the old transponder. Can you assist in getting the word out on howto properly dispose of the transponders? Patti Carpenter, Tampa A: SunPass advises customers to remove the batteries if you have a model where that is an option. The information is posted on sunpass. com. For assistance with proper disposal, customers can call 855- 824- 7927.
You can also drop off the transponder with the batteries at your local recycling center or mail it to: SunPass Tag Swap Center, P. O. Box 246150, 7972 Pines Blvd., Hollywood, FL 33024. Remove the batteries and include them in the package with
the transponder before you mail it.
Q: Ever since StateRoad 7was resurfaced in Margate, we’ve had problems with the traffic signal at Colonial Drive. The northbound left turn lane only gets a green arrow when an eastbound car is at the intersection. Could you have engineers look into this? Peter Fantino, Margate A: Broward County traffic engineers inspected the signal and vehicle detectors and found them both to be working prop- erly.
It’s possible that emergency vehicles exiting Northwest Medical Center on the northwest corner of the intersection are disrupting the signal’s normal operation.
One day alone in late October, the signal was disrupted 14 times by emergency vehicles.
S. R. 7 as the main road receives more green time betweeen 6 a. m. and midnight.
Vehicle detectorswere installed in September 2011and replaced the loops imbedded in the pavement.
The Florida Department of Transportation determined the northbound left turn at this intersectionwasn’t suitable for a “permissive” green signal that would allowdrivers to make left turns into gaps in oncoming traffic.
Q: Asign at the intersection of Lyons Road and Boynton Beach Boulevard says the newsection of Lyons between Boynton Beach andAtlantic Avenue will be four lanes with a median. The road is currently two lanes without a median most of the way. Have plans changed?
Rich Miller, Boynton Beach
A: It’s not in Palm Beach County’s fiveyear road plan, so two lanes will remain for now.
Only one mile is left north of LakeWorth to complete the corridor, givingwestern residents in Palm Beach County the ability to travel from west of Boca Raton to West Palm Beach on Lyons Road.
That section sits in the middle of the Palm Beach Ranchettes neighborhood, north of LakeWorth Road. In 1998, residents persuaded county commissioners not to build Lyons Road through their community until U. S. 441was over capacity at eight lanes.
In the meantime, other improvements are coming to Lyons in a few years, including widening it to four lanes between ClintMoore Road and Atlantic in 2017.