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

Refer to: HOTO-1
December 1, 2000

Mr. Jack A. Brown
State Traffic Engineer
Florida Department of Transportation
605 Suwannee Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0450

Dear Mr. Brown:

Thank you for your August 9 letter to Mr. James E. St. John, Florida Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration. Your letter was forwarded to the Office of Transportation Operations for a response. In your letter, you requested approval to experiment with "In Roadway Flashing Warning Lights" in the city of Bradenton Beach, Florida, using the same experiment for which the city of Lakeland, Florida, has been granted approval.

Your Request to Experiment is approved.

For reference purposes, we have assigned your request the following official experimentation number and title: IV-169 (E)--"In Roadway Flashing Warning Lights."

If you require additional information, please contact Mr. Harold Lunenfeld at 202-366-6598.

Sincerely yours,

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