Pittsburgh crews will resume work Tuesday on a multiyear project to slow traffic and improve safety on Stanton Avenue in the Stanton Heights, Morningside, Highland Park and East Liberty neighborhoods.
This time, crews will be concentrating on the area between North Highland Avenue in East Liberty and Meadow Street in Highland Park with the installation of two speed tables. Speed tables are longer and have a flat top compared to speed humps, which are shorter and have a rounded top.
Permanent warning signs and pavement markings will let drivers know they are approaching the tables.
Work on the tables is expected to last from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday. There will be no parking on Stanton during the work, but flaggers will allow alternating traffic to use one lane of the street.
This work is the start of the second phase of the city’s efforts on Stanton Avenue. The project began last fall with the installation of speed cushions — humps with wheel cutouts for larger emergency vehicles to pass unimpeded — a bike-climbing lane, pedestrian improvements and curve warnings between McCandless Avenue and Chislett Street.
Next month, city officials will hold a public meeting to get input from residents on plans for the last section of the project, the area between Chislett Street and North Highland Avenue. Once those plans are finalized, work is expected to begin next spring.
The city decided to undertake the traffic calming efforts after traffic studies in 2019 showed more than 32% of drivers exceeded the speed limit on Stanton and caused a higher-than-expected number of vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian accidents.
Ed covers transportation at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, but he's currently on strike. Email him at eblazina@unionprogress.com.