The Maryland State Highway Administration has recommended a traffic light at Belair and Klausmier Roads.
The recommendations comes after our office convened a task force to look at traffic improvements in this area, and after months of study by the professional engineers at the Maryland State Highway Administration.
Earlier this year, I created a task force of concerned citizens who identified possible ways to improve mobility along Klausmier Road. I am glad that the Maryland State Highway Administration has fully evaluated the need for a traffic signal at Belair and Klausmier Roads, where southbound drivers often have difficulty making turns onto Belair Road.
The signal will still need to be funded, and I have already reached out to the Maryland Department of Transportation for support. A traffic signal can cost at least $200,000.
As I talk to residents in the densely-populated area west of Belair Road, they consistently tell me about problems turning from Klausmier onto Belair Road.