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Traffic lights malfunction cause backups at Washington AveJackson County MS

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Washington Ave, Mississippi

Traffic signals at multiple intersections near Martin Luther King and Washington Avenue in Jackson County are malfunctioning with red flashing lights causing traffic buildup. Police and transportation department are working to resolve the issue.

Audio|Source: Jackson County Sheriff Department and West Side Law Enforcement and Fire Departments
04:9
Transcript:
00:00
The lights are back up in MLK, traffic's flowing normally.
00:05
And 4.
00:07
Okay.
00:09
Portable 9th.
00:13
Portable 11 copy.
00:15
Portable 11 copy.
00:17
Portable 13 copy. Station 3 complete.
00:28
Can you show again tonight? I'm terrible.
00:36
14 PD, you did advise MLK, correct?
00:42
Yeah, MLK and NN-D, according to 203, it was going to be all four lights in every direction.
00:53
One's one size to you field tonight.
00:56
104, they're back up operating it looks like maybe Washington and 90 is flash mode. I'm headed that way now.
01:05
Ten four.
01:08
Twenty-five, thank you.
01:12
Twenty-five.
01:16
Pee-D,
01:23
it is Washington and Army's in the Flash mode.
01:31
Direction?
01:33
I'm getting up on it now. I'll notify you. I know it's westbound for sure.
01:41
Copy.
01:42
14, do you have your key to reset the light, maybe that'll help?
01:51
Why ain't a second, Jackson? Show me 10-6[1] that you caught.
01:55
That's 10-4[2]. I'm going to take a look at it.
01:58
Ten-four.
02:04
So let's see if you scroll on.
02:09
P.D., that's a permit of it's in every direction, red flashing mode.
02:15
10-4[2], but you can reset them. Do I need to call MDOT? I'm fixing to step out as soon as traffic clears. I'm going to get out and see if I can reset it.
02:30
14 PD you'll have to notify N. Dot it won't let me reset.
02:37
Call me.
02:41
14,
02:43
do we need to get out there in direct traffic or is it flowing pretty good?
02:53
It's about a hit and miss. If it's going to be any length of time, we probably need to get set up out here.
03:02
Cibble.
03:07
14M dot been notified.
03:12
W2PD Ome in route to 14.
03:20
TN4 PD,
03:21
I don't guess we could have got any kind of EPA, so I know if I need to shut the intersection down or not.
03:28
Give me about 10 minutes or so, let me let her make a phone call and I'll notify you.
03:35
10-4[2], thank you.
03:42
14, 32,
03:44
28. Y'all start easing this way. It is getting backed up pretty good.
03:48
I'm going to shut the turn wing down going westbound to go southbound and uh try to flush it out here going westbound.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-6: Busy / Out of service (but available by radio)
[2]
10-4: Acknowledgment/OK

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