HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982 03 03 Letter Re: Signing for Winter Springs I-4 at 434
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"AUL N. PA....AS
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March 3, 1982
Ms. Catherine Ray, President
Longwood Winter Springs Area Chamber
of Commerce
Post Office Box 963
Longwood, Florida 32750
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Dear lots. Ray:
I have asked our engineering staff here in Tallahassee to review
the concerns expressed in your February 12, 1982, letter regarding
siRning for the City of Winter Springs on Interstate 4 at the State
R03d 434 interchange.
Our traffic engineers have reviewed this matter and have advised
ae that ,the present signing in advance of the exits on 1-4 at State
Road 434'presently includes the route number on the first line, a
destination message for "Longwood" on the second line, and exiting
instructions on the third line. The Department must follow nationally
adopted standards for the design and placement of all traffic control .
devices in Florida. That standard with respect to the State Road 434
interchange, would permit the addition of an additional destination
message on the present guide signs, hO\"ever, these requirements limit
the destination messages to the first identifiable destination (city)
along the intersecting route in' each direction from the interchange.
If a destination is added to the present signs in line with this policy,
it would most properly be Apopka and not an additional city name east
of the interchange.
We appreciate your concerns relating to the need for signing to
Winter Springs"but in this particular instance, I regret we cannot
oblige since nationally adopted signing policy would make it an
inappropriate action.
If you feel there are signing deficiencies on the State Road
System in the vicinity of the City of Winter Springs, please contact
District Engineer C. A. Benedict at our District Office in DeLand,
(904) 73/.-2171, in order that one of his engineers might review the
need for additional signing at locations other than Interstate 4.
PNP/msg
~C. A. Benedict
cc:
Paul N. Pappa
Secretary