NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — After over a half hour of discussion on Tuesday, the Hutchinson City Council voted 3-2 to put the 30th and Lucille intersection back as it was before August of 2019, with no traffic signal.
Mayor John Richardson and council members Greg Fast and Stuart Conklin voted to keep the intersection as is with no light. Council members Steve Garza and Stacy Goss wanted to do more study on the intersection.
City staff had recommended that the intersection be put back.
In August of 2019, the City installed a temporary traffic signal at 30th and Lucille with the intention of removing it upon completion of the 43rd Avenue bridge.
Once the bridge was complete, the City had JEO perform a warrant analysis on August 12, 2022, to make sure that the signal was not warranted at that intersection.
The results from that study showed that it was not warranted, and the signal was removed.
Jim Tobaben discussed the signal warrant analysis and its findings at the last study session on March 7, 2023.
The remnants of the temporary signal equipment will now be removed. This group of five people has voted on the issue, and unless the makeup of the council changes, or there are drastic changes to the circumstances at the intersection, the issue is moot.
The next election of council members is this fall.
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