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Traffic backups from mis-timed signals on Tallmadge

Heard on: Summit OH Transportation Group Calls
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Block 79, could you send an email to city of Akron? These lights on Tallmadge Avenue, they're working against one another.
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E Tallmadge Ave, Akron, OH 44310
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An officer reports that traffic lights along Tallmadge Avenue in Akron are not timed together. As one light turns green, the next turns red, causing long westbound traffic backups between Home Avenue, Main Street, Glenwood Avenue, and Patterson Avenue. The officer notes this happens every day and vehicles can be delayed through several light cycles.

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