The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has placed dynamic message boards on Route 6 near UPMC Cole Memorial Hospital outside of Coudersport.
The boards have been placed to enhance pedestrian safety. Through the summer, parking lots at the hospital will see improvement work, making it necessary for employees to park in an area along Route 6 and walk a distance to the hospital.
Message boards facing eastbound and westbound traffic on Route 6 are alerting drivers to the potential of pedestrians along the roadway between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
PennDOT also plans to place a speed minder board in the area sometime next week. The speed minder sign utilizes radar to determine the speeds of oncoming traffic.
Speeding and other aggressive driving behaviors are among the leading causes of crashes and fatalities in Pennsylvania. Aggressive driving behaviors were listed as a crash cause in 51 percent of Potter County crashes in 2017.
