Council discusses traffic light near Senior Center
Engineers are working on a design for a traffic light at the Mariner Point Drive and Charles G. Seivers Boulevard intersection
Clinton Mayor Scott Burton addressed the issue at the beginning of the City Council’s Aug. 26 meeting.
He said that the area includes the Anderson County Senior Center, The Lantern at Morning Pointe Senior Living facility, a gas station and residential areas.
“It’s getting worse and worse from a traffic standpoint,” he said.
He talked about accidents occurring in the area over the “last seven-to-10 days.”
City Manager Roger Houck said the Tennessee Department of Transportation had studied the area several times and said a light wasn’t warranted.
Since then, he said, TDOT has changed its policy on when to add traffic lights on state roads.
“They’ll let us install it at our own expense,” he said.
Engineers are working on a design and cost estimate, and the item might come before the City Council in September.
