The Department of Transportation has signed off on plans for a new traffic signal at Howard Road and Ga. 365, putting the ball back in the court of RaceTrac and the city of Gainesville to begin the work. Gainesville Traffic Engineer Dee Taylor said the next step will be getting all of the necessary equipment and handing that off to the installation contractor, which will be hired by RaceTrac. “They award the job to a signal contractor, then they’ll go forward with installing the traffic signal itself,” he said.