The addition of a traffic signal at a Howard County crossover where a teenager died this summer is expected to make the interchange “even safer,” said David Buck, spokesman for the State Highway Administration.

“A new signaled interchange is certainly one of the most dramatic improvements you can make,” he said about the signal that will be installed along southbound Route 29 at the crossover to access the northbound Route 29 ramp to westbound Interstate 70.

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