Hampton puts traffic light issue to rest with removal of bulbs and moves forward with funded maintenance

     Traffic lights have been the target of much misfortune for several years in Hampton. The signals at the intersection of Highway 3 and Main St., especially, seeing run-ins with tractor trailers, short fusing circuits and old age.
     The traffic lights at the intersection of Highways 3 and 65 are also feeling the pains of old age.
     “Those lights are old and when something goes wrong,” said Hampton City Manager Ron Dunt, “we need to go to the bone yard to pick for parts to fix them.”
     After over three years of examining all financial avenues to address the lights on Main St. and Hwy 3, costs ranged from $2,000 to repair the flashing red lights, to over $150,000 to replace the entire light.
     Read the full article in the October 5 edition of the Hampton Chronicle.