There are a lot of signals in Oakland County that haven't been retimed in years. It was a real effort to get all the people and organizations together in one room to agree to this. All but 200 of the county's 1,200 traffic signals will be retimed. According to the project, Oakland County would be divided into five segments, with one area completed each year. Once we finish the fifth and final segment of the retiming, we'll start all over again with the first segments, so this retiming goes on in perpetuity.
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The Michigan Motor Vehicle Code requires residents along state roadways to do so or face the possibility of receiving a ticket for leaving piles of snow on the shoulders of the roadways. Snow piled at the end of driveways usually is plowed right back. The state also advises property owners to mark hidden items that are close to the roadway to reduce chances of plow damage. Tom Greenwood's column appears weekdays.