Traffic Count Being Taken

For those wondering why those little black wires seem to always be laying over state and county highways, it's simply a traffic count.

A spokesman for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, or ODOT, said this week that a routine traffic count was underway on U. S. Hwy 59 on Sallisaw's north and south sides, on Cherokee Street and on Kerr Blvd.  The counts are usually done annually, but sometimes are only done every other year.

The most recent traffic counts, 2011, are summarized on the ODOT web site.

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