Traffic Engineering

Traffic Engineering is responsible for the design, installation, and maintenance of traffic signs and signals throughout the city. It conducts traffic surveys where modifications are being proposed, which may include daily traffic counts, speed studies, intersection counts, and peak hour counts. It responds to requests for street lights, one-way streets, restricted parking, speed limits, provides street striping, and handles barricade requests for all departments. This division also maintains a full warehouse, a sign manufacturing facility, a signal repair shop, drafting and analysis section.  

Responsibilities

The Superintendent is responsible for an operating budget of $3.6 million. Traffic Engineering is comprised of 39 employees.

Services

  • Analyst - Provides data for traffic analysis, conducts traffic studies, and provides vehicle volumes at signalized intersections.
  • Signals - The signal crew installs and maintains traffic signals and some street lights.
  • Sign Maintenance - The sign crews perform street striping, and provides barricades. The sign shop is also included in this section.
  • The City of Shreveport and its contractor, Blue Line Solutions have resumed camera enforcement in school zones.  School zone speed limits are in effect at the following times for the 2023-2024 school year:
    • Elementary schools - 6:30 AM - 8:30 AM and 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • Middle schools - 7:00 AM - 9:30 AM and 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
    • High schools - 7:30 AM - 9:30 AM and 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Emergencies

To report emergencies after hours, contact the Police Department at 318-673-7300.

To report outages of street lights, downed power lines please contact the SWEPCO outage line (1-888-218-3919) which is available 24/7.  If you prefer you can also follow the link to report SWEPCO outages on their web page: Report SWEPCO Outages 

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