28 Nov 2020, 15:37

bye bye old traffic lights

I walked by some guys who were putting in a new street lamp like for pedestrian lighting and then I saw they had some traffic lights in the back of their truck.

2020 nov 28 old lights

On the way back, I watched the guy put finishing touches on this new crosswalk installation.

2020 nov 28 new cross walk signal

Interesting to see how he strapped his ladder to the pole before climbing it. Once he climbed, he strapped himself to the pole before doing any work.

He opened the wingnut-locks on the left to open the face of the signal to pull taught the cable which goes into the lower arm supporting the signal. I did not see him secure the taughtness of the cable, so I wonder if someone could pull the cable under the arm to make it sag again.

Once this signal was placed, three guys went to different parts of the intersection to test the buttons and watch the signals change. Once they saw them working, everyone came back and then two guys with different uniforms had the signal guy sign some paper and then everyone was on their way.

Nearby, this cloud looked kinda like Godzilla.

2020 nov 28 godzilla cloud

No houses yet where they cut down all the trees.

2020 nov 28 no houses yet