BOISE – Ada County Highway District says a state-of-the-art traffic signal timing program it purchased has failed to perform and it wants its money back.
The company from which ACHD purchased the equipment, Rhythm Engineering, says ACHD is not entitled to a refund, so now the dispute is headed to court.
ACHD purchased the “smart signals,” also called adaptive signals, and installed them at 22 intersections along a loop route comprising Eagle Road, Idaho 44, Glenwood Street and Chinden Boulevard. The signals went into operation in late November 2014.