LATHAM – Ordinary drivers might not get much of a charge out of it, but apparently to traffic engineers the Route 7-Northway Exit 6 interchange is a pretty big deal.

“SPUI for short,” said acting State Transportation Commissioner Stanley Gee. “This may be a funny sounding name, but it will move traffic quicker and safer. This is the first SPUI in the Capital Region and the first overhead SPUI in New York State.”

The “SP” in SPUI stands for Single Point. It means one set of lights controls traffic moving in both directions on Route 7, including allowing simultaneous left hand turns onto the Northway in both directions. That’s thinking that wasn’t thought of when the interchange was first built in the middle of the last century.

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