Traffic Signals to Become Fully Automatic

Having completed the restoration of traffic signals at six intersections, Florida-based contractors CSL will return to Cayman for a week in mid-December to complete the repairs and upgrades. This will include fully automatic control, permitting traffic signals to respond to varying traffic conditions

Traffic lights at six of eight intersections are now operational, following one week’s work by contractors CSL out of Florida, who finished the job on 19 November.

The two other signals on Harbour Drive at the Museum and at Fort Street will be addressed in conjunction with the planned new tourist terminal. It is possible that those signals may be decommissioned once the terminal is operational, given that it now appears that the public is handling the present three-way stops well.

The six restored lights have been improved with LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes), which are more cost-efficient and reliable, with a lifespan of approximately five years. And while the signals currently remain on “fixed” time, the units have been assessed for components needed to switch to full computer monitoring. The signals are also rewired to suit video camera control—the same kind previously in use at the Jacques Scott intersection. That had proved more reliable than other older signals that had utilized detector loops beneath the road surface.