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

Refer to: HOTO-1
February 14, 2000

Mr. Kenneth M. Magnus
City Surveyor and Engineer
The City of Lake Forest
110 East Laurel
Lake Forest, IL 60045

Dear Mr. Magnus:

Thank you for your January 25 letter and your February 11 fax following up on your November 10, 1999, request to experiment (IV-168(Ex)) with pedestrian countdown signals. We appreciate your submitting the required details of your evaluation study that were omitted from your previous request.

We have reviewed the material that was submitted and find it to be suitable in support of your request to experiment. Therefore, your request to experiment under the provisions of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices with pedestrian countdown signals is hereby approved.

We look forward to reviewing your first semi-annual progress report this fall. If we can be of further assistance, please contact Ms. Louisa M. Ward on 202-366-4372.

Sincerely yours,

Jeffrey A. Lindley
Acting Director, Office of Transportation Operations