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BY MARY WILDS
Times Correspondent | Tuesday, February 15, 2005 | (No comments posted.)
DYER | The town can add reflective paint and new signs to the right-turn-only lanes on Calumet Avenue north of U.S. 30, but the rest will be up to motorists themselves, Dyer redevelopment commissioners said at their meeting Monday.
The right-turn-only lanes have small medians that direct traffic leaving the Jewel-Osco parking lot, located on the east side of the street, into the northbound lane of Calumet.
Dyer police have reported some property damage accidents as motorists attempt to make an unlawful left turn on Calumet, or when northbound motorists mistakenly travel in the right-hand turn lane and hit the median.
There have been no injuries or fatalities at the Jewel-Osco intersection, Police Chief Richard Quinn said.
Solutions range from reconstructing the intersection to adding additional signage and paint, engineer Dennis Cobb told the commission Monday.
Paint and signage would be the cheapest solution, costing just a few thousand dollars, 80 percent of which would be paid for by the Indiana Department of Transportation since the Calumet Avenue extension was a joint project between the state and Dyer.
Some signage signalling the right-hand turn lane already exists.
"We can't drive the car for (Calumet Avenue motorists)," said Commissioner Dennis Hawrot, who along with other board members decided that the least expensive approach was the best one. "We can only do so much. Motorists have to be attentive."
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