Federal Highway Administration
400 Seventh Street SW
Washington, DC 20590

Refer to: HOTO-1

Mr. Ralph E. Patterson
Project Manager
City of Williamsburg
Public Works and Utilities Department
401 Lafayette Street
Williamsburg, VA 23185-3617

Dear Mr. Patterson:

Thank you for your March 15 letter and your April 6 follow-up fax furnishing additional information regarding your request to experiment with pedestrian countdown signals.

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 for 1 year under the provisions of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices with pedestrian countdown signals is hereby approved.

For future reference purposes, we have assigned the following official experimentation number and title to your request: "IV-182(Ex) - Pedestrian Countdown Signals." Please refer to this number in future correspondence. We look forward to reviewing your first semi-annual progress report by the end of this year. 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