The State Highway Administration has started to add more signage to the intersection of Route 113 and Route 818 after a fatal car accident on Feb. 6. It will continue to monitor traffic levels to consider a traffic signal in the future. Elizabeth Bonin/BAYSIDE GAZETTE

SHA determined various safety measures following fatal car accident on Feb. 6

By Elizabeth Bonin

(May 7, 2020) The State Highway Administration has started to add signs to the intersections of Route 113 and Route 818 after a deadly car crash on Feb. 6. Following the crash, Berlin residents asked Sen. Mary Beth Carozza (R-38) to seek a solution for the dangerous intersection.

She contacted the administration to begin determining the appropriate safety measures.

After a traffic signal study was conducted, the administration decided that it would add speed limit signs to Route 113 in the southbound direction between Burley Street and Germantown Road, according to Carozza, who recently received an update from the district engineer.

“And it looks like they’re going to enlarge the one-way signs of the intersection and the yield sign, which would be added to the north bound ramp from U.S. 113 to Germantown Road,” Carozza said.

She added that the initial report concluded that the activity at that intersection did not warrant a traffic signal.

“However, given increased traffic on 113 north and south and given this recent accident, that has prompted SHA to increase their monitoring of that part of 113,” Carozza said.

The possibility of a traffic signal at some point will depend on volume of traffic and safety considerations.

“Even if a signal is warranted, there also may be some budget challenges given covid-19,” Carozza said.