The years-long effort to place traffic lights at two dangerous University Town Centre intersections is coming to an end
Granville Mayor Patty Lewis told The Dominion Post that the tentative plan is to get temporary signage in place warning drivers of the new traffic signals, which will be flashing yellow on Monday. Then, on Tuesday, the lights would switch to normal function.
“That’s the plan as of this afternoon,” Lewis said Friday. “Of course everything is based on timing, and we don’t know how the weather is going to be.”
The push for new lights stretches back to September 2021, when Lewis approached the commission about two problem areas — one where University Town Centre Drive passes between Walmart and the WVU Medicine facility, and another at the bottom of the hill, between Granville Square and Sesame Drive, which provides access to Chick-fil-A, Wendy’s, Panda Express, etc.
The lights were paid for through a three-way deal between Granville, the Monongalia County Commission and developer WestRidge whereby each provided $400,000.
Additional concrete and blacktop work needs to be finished up at both intersections in the coming days. That work will be followed by final striping.
“We’re just excited to finally get those lights up and running,” Lewis said. “It’s been a long time coming.”
