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Fair safety
committee reminds citizens of traffic pattern change
The Darke County Fair Safety Committee would like to remind the local
citizens of the traffic pattern that will be in place during the Great
Darke County Fair.
As many may recall last year, a new traffic pattern was put into effect
at Gate 1 of the Darke County Fairgrounds. Gate 1 is located at
the intersection of Sweitzer Street and Birt Street. The purpose
of the change is to improve the overall safety of pedestrian traffic
that crosses at that intersection during the week of the fair.
Lane restrictions were put into place and efforts were made to clearly
mark the pedestrian crossing areas. At the conclusion of last
years fair the safety committee along with the support of all agencies
involved decided to keep this in place for future fairs. The
traffic pattern received positive reviews last year from fair attendees.
A diagram of the pattern is attached below for your review.
A clearly marked pedestrian crosswalk is in place that crosses Sweitzer
Street and Birt Street. The crosswalk leads pedestrians to the
walk-in entrance to the fair. The southbound traffic of Sweitzer
Street shall remain in a single lane of traffic until passing the Gate
1 area. Any traffic exiting Gate 1 from the fair must turn right
(south) on to Sweitzer Street. Northbound traffic on Sweitzer
Street can continue north as normal. Any northbound traffic may
also turn east on Birt Street as normal. Birt Street westbound
will be closed at Central Ave to eliminate any traffic from entering on
to Sweitzer Street from that direction. The lanes of travel in
this area will be clearly marked with cones and verticades to assist
motorists in remaining in their appropriate lanes until clearing the
Gate 1 area. Citizens can expect to see the signs and cones to be
in place approximately Wednesday or Thursday prior to the fair.
The traffic pattern will be in effect Friday morning of the fair.
There will be a clearly marked off area for pedestrians to walk in the
grass area on the west side of Sweitzer Street and south of the Gate 1
entrance. This is to assist pedestrians coming from parking areas
or businesses on that side of the street and eliminate the need for
them to walk on the street when approaching Gate 1.
Arrangements have been made for businesses in the area to still be
accessible; however, you must obey the appropriate traffic signals and
signs.
The Darke County Sheriff’s Office and Greenville Police Department will
be patrolling these areas to assist and make sure vehicular and
pedestrian traffic have a safe Darke County Fair.
Download the diagram here
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