traffic lights

BY GLYNIS CRAWFORD SMITH

THE HIGHLANDER

The City of Marble Falls is working with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) on changes that could make highway traffic through the city safer and smoother.

They involve traffic lights and another new speed limit change.

A TxDOT contractor MIDASCO began Wednesday installing cameras and street and mast arm signs on signal poles at Ranch to Market Road 1431 and Avenues Q and U.

The installation has involved some lane closures with Marble Falls Police patrol officers directing traffic, but the benefits should outweigh the inconvenience.

“These cameras are not to record traffic violations,” said City Manager Mike Hodge. “These are VIVDS (video image vehicle detection system) cameras.

“They have a wide view of the roads they monitor so they can tell a traffic signal control to change the light.”

By Glynis Crawford Smith

The Highlander

In fewer than three weeks, WorldMark Marble Falls, the condominium project that has changed the face of the south shore of Lake Marble Falls will be welcoming it's first guest.

General Manager Rosanna McDonald told the Marble Falls City Council on Tuesday night, July 5, that the parent company Wyndham had begun June 21 taking reservations for the first two of nine structures in the complex.