Springville’s longtime residents adjusting to the town’s new traffic light [Video]

ALL THE FUSS IS ABOUT. MURPHREE’S VALLEY ROAD AT HIGHWAY 11, CALLED MAIN STREET HERE IN SPRINGVILLE. IT’S THE BUSIEST INTERSECTION IN TOWN, BUT NOW THESE LIGHTS ARE HELPING GET DRIVERS THROUGH THE AREA QUICKER. FOR DECADES, THIS WAS A FOUR WAY STOP AND TRANSITIONING TO THIS NEW TECH HAS PROVED CHALLENGING FOR SOME. YOU’VE GOT A GREEN LIGHT AND PEOPLE STILL ARE PULLING UP AND STOPPING, AND THEN THEY THEN THEY GO ON. BUT IT’S PEOPLE THAT’S LIVED HERE, PROBABLY ALL THEIR LIFE, OLDER PEOPLE AND STUFF. THEY AIN’T FIGURED IT OUT YET. THEY’RE GETTING USED TO IT AND IT’S HARD FOR US TO GET USED TO IT. LIKE I TOLD YOU BEFORE, I WENT THROUGH IT THE OTHER DAY AND STOPPED. IT WAS A GREEN LIGHT AND I’M SO USED TO STOPPING AND THEN I REALIZED, OH, IT’S GREEN LIKE CHIEF WALTON. MANY SPRINGVILLE RESIDENTS HAVE LIVED HERE …