City Manager's Annual Report 2017 | A Year In Review | Page 33

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In 2017, the City began utilizing the
latest traffic signal technology to
improve service to drivers on St. Lucie
West Boulevard, one of the City’s
busiest corridors. traffic volume and numerous signals. Additionally,
traffic fluctuates because of baseball games at First
Data Field, varying class schedules at Indian River
State College, and because of the elementary and
secondary schools near the corridor.
The new system utilizes “adaptive
traffic signal controls” at intersections from the Interstate 95
ramp to Bayshore Boulevard along St. Lucie West Boulevard.
This technology incorporates real-time traffic volumes into
the signal coordination plans. It captures current traffic
demand data and uses it to adjust signal timing. This type of
system is especially useful for enhancing traffic patterns on
roads with fluctuating volumes of v ehicles. St. Lucie West
Boulevard was chosen for this system because it has a high The purpose was to improve traffic flow along the
entire corridor. Preliminary results show it is working
and the signals helped reduce total travel time
along the corridor by more than 30 percent in the
morning and more than 40 percent in the afternoon
and evening. Total number of required stops along
the corridor have also dropped by more than 70
percent in the morning and about 80 percent in the
afternoon and evening.
ADAPTIVE
TRAFFIC SIGNALS
ON ST. LUCIE
WEST BLVD
13,000 TONS OF DEBRIS COLLECTED AFTER HURRICANE IRMA
Hurricane Irma left many residents and businesses throughout the State of Florida with quite a mess to clean up. While the
demand for waste haulers services across the state was huge, the City’s Public Works Department worked closely with its
contracted emergency hauler and several local vendors, including Waste Pro, to clean up Port St. Lucie’s hurricane-related
waste piles in 45 days. Together, they collected more than 13,000 tons, or more than 118,026 cubic yards of debris. That
equates to the amount of debris typically generated throughout the City in about 48 months!
CITY OF PORT ST. LUCIE

A N N U A L R E P O R T 2017