Do you know what to do when you come upon flashing yellow arrows at an intersection?*

The Missouri Department of Transportation wants to make sure, so they’re holding a public outreach session on Friday in St Joseph.

Traffic engineers from MoDOT will be on hand to discuss this new type of signal. As part of MoDOT’s outreach efforts to help the motoring public understand the signals prior to their implementation, engineers will have informational booths on Friday, October 9, at the Joyce Raye Patterson Senior Citizen Center from 9 a.m. to noon, and at the East Hills Mall from 1 to 5 p.m.

A half-mile section of Route 6 (Frederick Avenue) between U.S. Route 169 (Belt Highway) and Interstate 29 has four signals that will soon be changed. Traffic engineers with the Missouri Department of Transportation plan to install flashing yellow arrow signals where Frederick intersects with Village Drive, Woodbine Road and both northbound and southbound ramps at I-29.

The traffic patterns at each intersection will not change, but the indicators directing motorists through the intersection will be slightly altered. Instead of left-turning traffic yielding to oncoming traffic when they see a solid, green ball indicator, they’ll now see a yellow flashing arrow. These new signals have been shown to increase safety, reduce crashes, and address congestion and delay.

*(A flashing yellow arrow means turns are permitted, but you must first yield to oncoming traffic and pedestrians and then proceed with caution.)