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Updates will be posted on the City’s Engineering page. You can also contact the Engineering Department by phone at 937-296-2436 or by email at KetteringEngineering@ketteringoh.org.

Not necessarily.  While traffic signals can reduce certain types of accidents, they also experience rear-end collisions and red-light running incidents. When a signal isn’t warranted, these accidents occur without sufficient benefit.  Also, unwarranted signals can cause longer delays for side-street traffic, leading to driver frustration and signal disobedience. The 150-day analysis period will allow us … Continued

When Kettering sought funding from ODOT to replace the aging signal, we were required to conduct a traffic signal warrant study. Both the City’s analysis and an independent third-party consultant determined that the intersection no longer meets the criteria to warrant a traffic signal. Rather than fund the replacement and future maintenance of an unwarranted … Continued

Traffic on SR-48 (Far Hills) will remain as-is.  The City is working with the Kettering Fire Department and Planning & Development Department to ensure emergency access to Georgetown Apartments through the remaining entrances. Fire personnel access and service vehicle routes are being specifically addressed.

Yes.  The west entrance to Georgetown Apartments will be closed. Residents will need to use one of the other property entrances for vehicular access to Far Hills. The City is working with the apartment complex to address these changes.

Pedestrians and cyclists will still be able to cross at the intersection, similar to other unmarked intersections in the area at Westgate and Enid. A new median just south of Laurelann will create a pedestrian refuge island, shortening the crossing distance across Far Hills into two separate sections. Pedestrian crossing on the north side of … Continued

The entire traffic signal system will be removed, including traffic signals, pedestrian signals (walk/don’t walk) and the signal support poles. The west leg of the intersection (Georgetown Apartments entrance) will be closed and filled in. In 2026, a median will be installed on Far Hills to enhance safety, and improved pedestrian crossing infrastructure will be … Continued

The closure is anticipated to start on Dec. 1, 2025.  The traffic signal will operate in flash mode for 90 days, with Far Hills showing a yellow flash (traffic does not have to stop) and Laurelann showing a red flash (operating like a stop sign). Vehicular access to the Georgetown Apartments at the Laurelann intersection … Continued

The traffic signal at Far Hills and Laurelann is being planned for permanent removal. The signal has reached the end of its useful life. After conducting a traffic signal warrant analysis, it was determined that the intersection no longer meets current criteria for traffic volume, delays, accident history, and pedestrian crossing needs to justify maintaining … Continued