Times Observer photo by Brian Ferry A camera like the one at upper left at the intersection of West Main Street and Route 6 in Youngsville Borough will be installed at Railroad Street and Route 6 to help keep traffic flowing smoothly. The borough received a $20,000 through the PennDOT Green Light Go program.

Gov. Tom Wolf last week announced the distribution of $38 million to enhance traffic safety.

Of that, $20,000 is headed to Warren County.

A traffic camera will be installed at the intersection of Route 6 and Railroad Street in Youngsville. That camera will help keep traffic flowing smoothly through the intersection.

Like at the next intersection to the west, aging equipment has prevented the traffic signal at Railroad Street from working as intended.

Trigger pads in the roadway are supposed to enable traffic to move through the intersection with little delay during lower-use hours, according to Mayor Scott Nelson.

The light would stay green for Route 6 until a vehicle was detected waiting on Railroad.

Those trigger pads are going bad and the light resorted to a simple cycle — with one direction getting the green light for a while, then the other direction having the right of way.

Cycling is not efficient. Late at night, when the vast majority of traffic is on Route 6, the light still has to change to accommodate unknown traffic that could be waiting on Railroad Street. The camera “helps the flow of traffic,” Nelson said.

The camera at West Main Street and Route 6 was installed early last year.

In January, the borough applied for dollars to bring a camera to the Railroad Street location.

There is also an enforcement capability to the camera.

Information is sent to the borough police department.

“It’s huge for our Police officers to review footage for the amount of accidents that happen at those intersections,” Nelson said.