U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
400 Seventh St., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20590

Refer to: HOTO-1
November 3, 2000

Mr. Jeffrey L. Thomas
Traffic Engineering Superintendent
City of Myrtle Beach
P.O. Box 2468
Myrtle Beach, SC 29578-2468

Dear Mr. Thomas:

Thank you for your September 5 letter to Mr. Robert L. Lee, South Carolina Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Your letter was forwarded to the Office of Transportation, FHWA for a reply. In your letter, you requested approval to experiment with Pedestrian Countdown Signals in the City of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Your Request to Experiment is approved.

For reference purposes, we have assigned your request the following official experimental number and title: "IV-136(E)--Pedestrian Countdown Signals." Please refer to this number in future correspondence.

If you have any question, please call Mr. Harold Lunenfeld at 202-366-6598.

Sincerely yours,

Shelley J. Row, P.E.
Director, Office of Transportation Operations