Even as PennDOT prepares to add a traffic signal on Johnstown’s busy Broad Street, officials on Wednesday disclosed plans to eliminate a light just a block away.
No one appeared at a public hearing concerning the planned removal of a traffic signal at Broad Street and Seventh Ave-nue in the Cambria City section.
City Manager Curt Davis said the change is spurred by a PennDOT traffic-flow study. Fewer cars use the intersection since Reliant Energy vacated its Broad Street complex, which formerly was occupied by Penelec.
“Without that traffic coming in and out, there really wasn’t a necessity” for a traffic light, Davis said.
He added that PennDOT still plans to install a signal at Sixth Avenue and Broad Street – an intersection that is much more congested due to drivers traveling to or coming from Brownstown and Westmont.
“That’s going to happen, my guess would be, within the next couple of months,” Davis said.
From his office at Broad Street’s Heritage Discovery Center, Richard Burkert said he agrees with PennDOT’s plan for a new signal at Sixth and Broad.
“It really is a safety hazard,” said Burkert, Johnstown Area Heritage Association executive director.
The signal at Seventh is nice, but it is not a necessity, he said.
However, the proposed removal of that traffic light may cause some headaches for Ozog Funeral Home, 710 Broad St.
“That light actually benefits us,” said Frank Ozog Jr., a funeral director.
“For the funeral processions, that’s where we exit.”
Ozog staff may have to request a police assistance for processions if the light is eliminated.
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Boil-water notice issued in Upper Yoder Township
A boil-water notice has been issued for a portion of Upper Yoder Township as crews work to repair a leak along Route 271. -
No NDIC jobs to stay in city
After years of political clashes and fiscal uncertainty, these are the facts of the National Drug Intelligence Center’s final days:
• 87: The number of employees losing their jobs as NDIC operations wind down this year.
• 57: The number of staffers, aside from those 87, who will be offered jobs in Washington, D.C.
• Zero: The number of NDIC-related jobs that will remain in Johnstown. -
Blogging with heart
I had a couple of interesting interviews over the past 24 hours. The first was with an ambitious Forest Hills High School junior who organized a Red Out across the district today in support of American Heart Association. Like many of those involved in Heart Association benefits, Spencer Ivock was inspired by his own family members' experience with heart disease.
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Forest Hills junior puts his heart into Red Out
Forest Hills junior Spencer Ivock is “redding out” the schools today for his senior project.
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Local pair accused of robbing home twice
A Johnstown couple has been charged with breaking into a Lower Yoder Township home twice in a four-month period – and then selling, for $103, some of the thousands of dollars in goods they alleged swiped.
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Steel firm considers coal mine near Que
Cambria Somerset Authority officials plan to meet this week with representatives of an Ohio-based steel company about a plan that could put a coal mine south of the Quemahoning Reservoir.
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In brief: Somerset motorist dies in crash
A 28-year-old Somerset man was killed Thursday morning when his vehicle left the road, hit a drainage ditch and rolled over.
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[VIDEO] Party in Punxsutawney: Groundhog Day is about more than seeing shadows
For the thousands who show up at Gobbler's Knob as early as 8 p.m. on Feb. 1, Groundhog Day is about more than whether or not Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow: It's an excuse to party.
The Tribune-Democrat's Justin Dennis spent the night among the masses and captured all of the festivities on film. -
[VIDEO] Punxsutawney Phil makes his prediction
More than 18,000 people – some representing states as far away as Arkansas and Oregon – crammed into the outdoor amphitheatre of Gobbler’s Knob on Thursday for the annual weather party known as Groundhog Day.
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