Judging by the number of visitors at the Spooky Nook complex in Mannheim, Pennsylvania (as many as 16,000 on its busiest days), Hamilton officials are already laying plans to prevent traffic woes before they happen here.
To accommodate the anticipated traffic generated by Spooky Nook’s second location, expected to open in 2021, Hamilton officials are planning adjustments to traffic flow and implementing advanced traffic managing technology.
Any new large facility, especially those that may result in changes in traffic patterns, prompt already established local businesses to reevaluate their business strategy and consult with their printing services.
The first adjustments will be to nearby intersections to reduce congestion. Next will be the launching of a smart system equipped to adjust traffic light timing to balance the ebb and flow of traffic. According to Jim Logan, the executive director of infrastructure for Hamilton, the system accumulates data from automobiles and adjusts in response to traffic patterns it detects.
The last change planned to control the flow of traffic from Spooky Nook may be decades in its completion. North of Black Street, another bridge to cross the Great Miami is planned to help relieve the traffic for bridges at Black and Main streets.
Spooky Nook will contain 10 basketball courts, along with a fitness center and baseball cages, as well as indoor football and soccer fields.
