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Village of Lansing Mayor Donald Hartill said a traffic light on the corner of Craft and Triphammer Roads will be erected this Spring.  Hartill told Village Trustees Monday that a meeting to finalize plans was to be held Wednesday.

"The design is complete.  We now have the easements in place," he said.  "Construction will start in the Spring."

Hartill says that peak traffic on the Village portion of Triphammer Road makes it too difficult for drivers seeking to turn left from the east side of Triphammer into the southbound lane.  He says the light will create gaps in the traffic flow, as well as forcing drivers to slow down to the Village speed limit of 30 miles per hour as they approach the mall area.

"Anyone who has tried to get out of the Village at peak times... it's impossible," he said.  "This will provide the tuning the traffic so there will at least be breaks."

While he says the equipment will have provisions for a pedestrian crossing, itit probably will not have one because there is no sidewalk on the other side.  He said that without a sidewalk the Village wants to discourage crossing that intersection by foot.

The project will cost about $200,000 for the equipment.  The Village has received $25,000 from the Park Foundation to help pay for the signal.

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