‘Citywide blitz’ underway to enhance traffic safety in Richmond with updated signs, stop bars

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- A "citywide blitz" is underway in Richmond to replace worn traffic signs and install stop bars as part of an ongoing effort to create safer streets. In an announcement made Wednesday, Nov. 6, the Department of Public Works said this work will be performed daily in Richmond from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. to replace worn regulatory and warning signs, as well as install stop bars as part of the citywide blitz. There will be intermittent lane closures during working hours. According to the department, faded and damaged street signs will also be updated, with a special emphasis placed on areas of the High Injury Network -- or areas where about three out of four traffic-related crashes causing serious injury or death reportedly occur. The department will install stop bars on the pavement in locations to help reinforce driver compliance with stop signs, with about 2,000 new stop bars to be installed in Richmond neighborhoods. The projects are expected to be completed during Winter 2024, weather permitting. The department advises drivers to give workers extra space and to slow down when traveling through work zones.