Belair Road, Route 43 Traffic Signals Out, Trees Downed
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company shows thousands without power in the Perry Hall and White Marsh areas.
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Police responded to several traffic signal outages and downed trees blocking roadways in the Perry Hall and White Marsh areas Saturday morning.
A desk officer at the White Marsh police precinct, as well as reports from area residents, confirmed the following traffic situations, caused by Friday night's severe storm.
Signal outages:
- Belair Road and Silver Spring Road
- Belair Road and Slater Avenue
- Belair Road and Henry Avenue
- White Marsh Boulevard and Walther Boulevard
Downed trees:
- Forge Road
- Darnall Road
- Kilkenny Circle
According to Baltimore Gas and Electric, over 500,000 customers lost power during the storm, and as of 8:15 a.m., more than 421,000 were still without power. Over 100,000 outages were reported in Baltimore County.
Add your storm damage photos to the gallery and tell us if and where you lost power in the comments.
Towson Patch editor Tyler Waldman contributed to this report.
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Tracey
2:10 pm on Saturday, June 30, 2012
of course an accident happened earlier. because no one would be bothered to treat the intersection like a four way stop since the signals are out.
Other Tim
8:51 pm on Saturday, June 30, 2012
I found out the hard way that there is no law in Maryland concerning a four way stop at a traffic signal that is out. You're on your own.
Our state Legislature passed 200 new laws during the last session. I guess the issue of what should happen when a traffic light goes out did not seem important.
Arlow
10:46 pm on Saturday, June 30, 2012
I think MD law does say treat it as a 4 way stop. But not on Belair & Silver Spring. It was a madhouse when I went through this morning. Course it is a major intersection with 6 left turn lanes. It should have been flagged a lot sooner, but I imagine the police had their hands full.
Evets
9:28 pm on Saturday, June 30, 2012
As if passing a law solves a problem. I have noticed that since the legislature made the use of hand held cell phones and texting while driving illegal, no one texts or talks while operating a motor vehicle.
What is needed (and is sorely lacking in our culture) is common sense, courtesy, and thinking about others.
Other Tim
6:58 am on Sunday, July 1, 2012
Passing a law obviously does not solve a problem. We still have murder, rape robbery...and texting while driving.
But not having a law is worse, and again: THERE IS NO LAW CONCERNING TRAFFIC LIGHT OUTAGES IN MARYLAND. There should be.
JD1
10:08 am on Sunday, July 1, 2012
In general - people drive like a-holes. I've seen everything from putting on make up to reading the newspaper at 55mph. Talking on a cell phone seems harmless in comparison. I'm teaching my kids to drive now and I'm terrified!