11-05 Valley Forge Rd Country Club Rd-Ferry Ln File 0252.pdf

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This document is a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Traffic Signal System Permit for an intersection improvement project in Schuylkill Township, Chester County. The permit (System Permit #I-0155) details the installation of a traffic signal at the intersection of Valley Forge Road (SR 0023) and Ferry Lane/Country Club Road (SR 1005). The plans include detailed specifications for signal placement, detection zones, signal indications, movement and timing diagrams, and emergency pre-emption phasing. The design includes video and radar detection systems, pedestrian signals, and specific signage for the intersection.

The project includes comprehensive technical specifications for signal timing, including a 40-foot detection zone, coordinated signal operations between adjacent intersections, and emergency vehicle pre-emption capabilities. Special considerations include mounting heights for signals (minimum 8 feet above sidewalk), signal head configurations, and specific positioning requirements. The design incorporates advanced features like dilemma zone detection with speed boundaries ranging from 27-100 MPH and detection ranges up to 450 feet from the stop bar. The permit was reviewed and recommended by Laurie A. Getz on 01/20/2023, with the plans developed by AECOM and prepared for PennDOT Engineering District 6-0.

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PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

ENGINEERING DISTRICT 6-0

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MUNICIPALITY:

INTERSECTION:

RECOMMENDED:

MUNICIPAL OFFICIAL

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CHESTER

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SHEET OF

GENERAL NOTES

SYSTEM PERMIT #I-0155

TRAFFIC SIGNAL STANDARDS TC-8800 SERIES.

OF JACKED UNDER THE ROADWAY. INSTALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH

OLD, OR CONCRETE ROADWAY REGARDLESS OF AGE, MUST BE BORED

CONDUIT INSTALLED IN BITUMINOUS ROADWAY LESS THAN 5 YEARS

CHANGES IN INTERSECTION GEOMETRY REGARDING EXCAVATION.

PERMITTE SHALL OBTAIN A HIGHWAY OCCUPANCY PERMIT FOR ANY

UNIT FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO BIDDING.

SPECIFICATION MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE DISTRICT TRAFFIC

CONFORM TO FORM 408 AND A COPY OF THE PROPOSED

WHEN LIQUID FUELS MONEY IS USED, SIGNAL INSTALLAION MUST

UNDERGROUND UTILITIES, DATED DECEMBER 10, 1974.

LATESE AMENDMENT TO ACT 287, PREVENTION OF DAMAGE TO

UNLESS THE PERMITTEE COMPLIES WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE

THIS DRAWING CANNOT BE USED AS A CONSTRUCTION DRAWING

UTILITIES.

PROBLEMS WHICH MAY BE CREATED DUE TO THE LOCATION OF

LOCAL OFFICIALS AND UTILITY COMPANIES TO RESOLVE ANY

PRIOR TO INSTALLATION THE CONTRACTOR SHALL CONSULT WITH

FORM 408.

INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DEPARTMENT SPECIFICATIONS

SHALL BE PLAIN CEMENT CONCRETE CURB OR GRANITE CURB,

CURBING TO BE INSTALLED BY MUNICIPALITY AND WHERE NOTED,

INSTALLATION BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF PENNDOT.

EXACT LOCATION OF DETECTORS SHALL BE DETERMINED PRIOR TO

AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE APPROACH SHALL BE 8 FEET.

THE MINIMUM HORIZONTAL DISTANCE BETWEEN SIGNALS MEASURED

BOTTOM, AND EQUIPPED WITH BACKPLATES.

ALL OVERHEAD SIGNALS MUST BE RIGIDLY MOUNTED, TOP AND

SIDEWALK OR PAVEMENT.

MOUNTED SIGNALS SHALL BE A MINIMUM OF 8 FEET ABOVE THE

VERTICAL CLEARANCE OF 16 FEET ABOVE THE ROADWAY. POST

SIGNALS ERECTED OVER THE ROADWAY SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM

FEET.

SHALL ALSO HAVE A MINIMUM CLEARANCE HORIZONTALLY OF 2

EDGE OF SHOULDER. SUPPORT POLES FOR OVERHEAD SIGNALS

HEADS A MINIMUM OF 2 FEET BEHIND THE FACE OF CURB OR THE

POST MOUNTED SIGNALS SHALL BE INSTALLED WITH THE SIGNAL

AND MAINTAINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PUBLICATION NO. 212.

ARE CONSIDERED PART OF THE PERMIT AND SHALL BE INSTALLED

ALL SIGNS AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS INDICATED ON THIS DRAWING

RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PERMITTEE.

NECESSARY FOR PROPER VISIBILITY OF THE SIGNALS IS THE

ALL MAINTENANCE WORK INCLUDING TRIMMING OF TREES,

OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

PRIOR APPROVAL IS GRANTED IN WRITING BY A REPRESENTATIVE

NO MODIFICATIONS OF THIS INSTALLATION ARE PERMITTED UNLESS

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GREEN (INTERVAL 1). OFFSET 2 REFERENCED TO PHASE

TIMES. OFFSET 1 REFERENCED TO PHASE 2+6 START OF

SEE SYSTEM PLAN I-0053 FOR SIGNAL SYSTEM PROGRAM

MEANS OF FIBER-OPTIC COMMUNICATION.

PAWLINGS ROAD TO COUNTRY CLUB ROAD/FERRY LANE BY

SIGNALS ON VALLEY FORGE ROAD (SR 0023) FROM

THIS SIGNAL IS TO BE COORDINATED WITH ADJACENT

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SPEED BOUNDARY: MIN 27 MPH - MAX 100 MPH

RANGE OF DETECTION: MIN 0 - MAX 450 FROM STOP BAR

ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL: MIN 2.5 - MAX 5.5 SEC

MINUMUM SPEED BOUNDARY: MIN 5 MPH - MAX 30 MPH

RANGE OF DETECTION: 0-100 FEET FROM STOP BAR

DENSITY ZONE NOTES:

LOCATED 330' FROM STOP BAR

SEC/ACT RADAR DETECTION

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DECTECTION 450' FROM

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DATEDATEDATE RECOM.REVW.REVW.

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FILE #PERMIT #

PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

ENGINEERING DISTRICT 6-0

COUNTY:

MUNICIPALITY:

INTERSECTION:

RECOMMENDED:

MUNICIPAL OFFICIAL

REVIEWED:

DATE

DATE

DATE

DATE

DISTRICT TRAFFIC ENGINEER

CHESTER

SCHUYLKILL TOWNSHIP

SHEET OF

GENERAL NOTES

SYSTEM PERMIT #I-0155

TRAFFIC SIGNAL STANDARDS TC-8800 SERIES.

OF JACKED UNDER THE ROADWAY. INSTALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH

OLD, OR CONCRETE ROADWAY REGARDLESS OF AGE, MUST BE BORED

CONDUIT INSTALLED IN BITUMINOUS ROADWAY LESS THAN 5 YEARS

CHANGES IN INTERSECTION GEOMETRY REGARDING EXCAVATION.

PERMITTE SHALL OBTAIN A HIGHWAY OCCUPANCY PERMIT FOR ANY

UNIT FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO BIDDING.

SPECIFICATION MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE DISTRICT TRAFFIC

CONFORM TO FORM 408 AND A COPY OF THE PROPOSED

WHEN LIQUID FUELS MONEY IS USED, SIGNAL INSTALLAION MUST

UNDERGROUND UTILITIES, DATED DECEMBER 10, 1974.

LATESE AMENDMENT TO ACT 287, PREVENTION OF DAMAGE TO

UNLESS THE PERMITTEE COMPLIES WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE

THIS DRAWING CANNOT BE USED AS A CONSTRUCTION DRAWING

UTILITIES.

PROBLEMS WHICH MAY BE CREATED DUE TO THE LOCATION OF

LOCAL OFFICIALS AND UTILITY COMPANIES TO RESOLVE ANY

PRIOR TO INSTALLATION THE CONTRACTOR SHALL CONSULT WITH

FORM 408.

INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DEPARTMENT SPECIFICATIONS

SHALL BE PLAIN CEMENT CONCRETE CURB OR GRANITE CURB,

CURBING TO BE INSTALLED BY MUNICIPALITY AND WHERE NOTED,

INSTALLATION BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF PENNDOT.

EXACT LOCATION OF DETECTORS SHALL BE DETERMINED PRIOR TO

AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE APPROACH SHALL BE 8 FEET.

THE MINIMUM HORIZONTAL DISTANCE BETWEEN SIGNALS MEASURED

BOTTOM, AND EQUIPPED WITH BACKPLATES.

ALL OVERHEAD SIGNALS MUST BE RIGIDLY MOUNTED, TOP AND

SIDEWALK OR PAVEMENT.

MOUNTED SIGNALS SHALL BE A MINIMUM OF 8 FEET ABOVE THE

VERTICAL CLEARANCE OF 16 FEET ABOVE THE ROADWAY. POST

SIGNALS ERECTED OVER THE ROADWAY SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM

FEET.

SHALL ALSO HAVE A MINIMUM CLEARANCE HORIZONTALLY OF 2

EDGE OF SHOULDER. SUPPORT POLES FOR OVERHEAD SIGNALS

HEADS A MINIMUM OF 2 FEET BEHIND THE FACE OF CURB OR THE

POST MOUNTED SIGNALS SHALL BE INSTALLED WITH THE SIGNAL

AND MAINTAINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PUBLICATION NO. 212.

ARE CONSIDERED PART OF THE PERMIT AND SHALL BE INSTALLED

ALL SIGNS AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS INDICATED ON THIS DRAWING

RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PERMITTEE.

NECESSARY FOR PROPER VISIBILITY OF THE SIGNALS IS THE

ALL MAINTENANCE WORK INCLUDING TRIMMING OF TREES,

OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

PRIOR APPROVAL IS GRANTED IN WRITING BY A REPRESENTATIVE

NO MODIFICATIONS OF THIS INSTALLATION ARE PERMITTED UNLESS

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LOCATION OF EMERGENCY VEHICLE DETECTORS ARE TO BE FIELD ADJUSTED TO ACHIEVE

APPROPRIATE APPROACH.

FLASH WHEN THE EMERGENCY VEHICLE HAS CONTROL OF THE INTERSECTION FOR THE

THIS EMERGENCY BEACON SHALL CONSIST OF A FLASHING WHITE FLOOD LIGHT, AND SHALL

DEVICE FOR EACH DIRECTION OF OPERATION.

EASTBOUND & WESTBOUND APPROACHES OF VALLEY FORGE ROAD (SR 0023) WITH A FAIL SAFE

SOUTHBOUND APPROACHES OF FERRY LANE/COUNTRY CLUB ROAD (SR 1005) AND THE

CONTROLLER TO BE EQUIPPED WITH EMERGENCY PRE-EMPTION FOR THE NORTHBOUND &

FOLLOW.

INTERVALS, ACCORDINGLY. THEN THE GREEN INTERVAL FOR THE PRE-EMPTED PHASE SHALL

INDICATIONS IMMEDIATELY, FOLLOWED BY THE COMPLETE YELLOW AND RED CLEARANCE

THE SIGNALS, WHEN ACTIVATED BY EMERGENCY VEHICLES, SHALL TERMINATE ALL GREEN

FOLLOWED BY THE APPROPRIATE CLEARANCES, BEFORE GOING INTO EMERGENCY PRE-EMPTION.

FOLLOWED BY THE PED "CLEAR (HAND)" INTERVAL. THIS INTERVAL SHALL TIME OUT,

"CLEAR (HAND)". THE PED "WALK (MAN)" INTERVAL SHALL TERMINATE IMMEDIATELY,

PRE-EMPTED, THE PEDESTRIAN TIME SHALL BE SPLIT BETWEEN PED "WALK (MAN)" AND PED

IF SIGNALS HAVE BEEN ACTUATED BY PEDESTRIAN PUSH BUTTON AND THE SIGNAL IS

SHALL REMAIN FLASHING.

IF THE SIGNALS, WHEN ACTIVATED BY AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE ARE FLASHING, ALL SIGNALS

PRE-EMPTION PHASE SHALL TIME OUT BEFORE PROCEEDING TO THE NEXT PRE-EMPTION PHASE.

IF ADDITIONAL PRE-EMPTION PHASES ARE ACTIVATED WHILE IN PRE-EMPTION, THE ORIGINAL

OPERATION, PHASE 2+6 INTERVAL 1 SHALL FOLLOW.

UPON COMPLETION OF PRE-EMPTION PHASE 2, 4, 6, OR 8 IN RETURNING TO NORMAL

A "FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE" OPERATION.

IN EMERGENCY PRE-EMPTION, NO PRIORITY SHALL BE ESTABLISHED. PRE-EMPTION SHALL BE

GOVERNED BY THE APPROACHING EMERGENCY VEHICLE.

RED INDICATIONS, FOLLOWED BY THE GREEN INTERVAL OF THE PRE-EMPTION PHASE

THE SIGNALS, WHEN ACTIVATED BY EMERGENCY VEHICLE SHALL TIME OUT ALL YELLOW AND

SIGNALS

INTERVAL

Valley Forge Rd

PRE-EMPTION.

TO GIVE UNCODED EMITTERS THE ABILITY TO ACTIVATE THE EMERGENCY

IDENTIFICATION, IT IS RECOMMENDED TO HAVE THE ZERO "00" FEATURE ON,

NOTE: IF PRE-EMPTION EQUIPMENT HAS ENCODING CAPABILITIES FOR VEHICLE

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Country Club Rd

Ferry Ln

VALLEY FORGE RD (SR 2023) &

FERRY LN/COUNTRY CLUB RD (SR 1005)

Country Club Rd

Ferry Ln

Laurie A. Getz 01/20/2023 mawolfgang Text Box 11/10/10 mawolfgang Text Box Mark Kray 12/2/91 mawolfgang Text Box Douglas May 12/5/91 mawolfgang Text Box AS-BUILT SR 0023 Sec CL2 mawolfgang Text Box

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SR0023_TS_PERMIT01-1
SR0023_TS_PERMIT01-2
SR0023_TS_PERMIT02-1
SR0023_TS_PERMIT02-2
2023-04-03T10:01:19-0400
MEW
2023-04-03T10:01:37-0400
MEW
2023-04-03T10:13:49-0400
ABP
2023-04-03T10:14:23-0400
ABP

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