Safety features to be added to area highways

Safety features in the form of texturized centerlines and shoulders will be added to 14 area highways during coming months, according to plans approved in September by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).

“We are looking at installing texturized pavement methods to centerline areas of these highways to help prevent crossover crashes and along the shoulders to prevent runoff-the-road crashes,” said Rebecca Wells, Director of Traffic Operations for Tx-DOT in Atlanta.

“The texturized pavement methods make noise when vehicle tires run over them, alerting drivers that they are getting out of their traffic lane.”

Striping Technology of Tyler was awarded the contract for the construction on these projects with a bid of $1.5 million.

Work on the projects should begin in November of this year and take about six months to complete, Wells said.