Traffic Calming Study Planned for Maple Lane
Peters Township plans to conduct a traffic calming study on Maple Lane after years of receiving complaints from area residents.
Peters Township plans to conduct a traffic calming study on Maple Lane after years of receiving complaints from area residents.
The council unanimously voted to hire Traffic Planning and Design engineers to conduct the study for $3,400.
Residents living along or near the road petitioned the township in 2009, but the car volume and speed pushed it down the list.
Township Manager Mike Silvestri said once the study is completed, TPD engineers will come forward with traffic calming options and the municipality will ask for feedback from residents. The proposals would then need to be approved by affected residents before the council signs off on the plan.
That can’t come soon enough for Peters resident Jack Adams, whose backyard borders Maple Lane. He told the council on Monday night that something needs to be done immediately or walkers, joggers and residents will be in danger of speeding cars.
“It’s gotten to the point that I’m afraid to mow my grass,” Adams said. “It’s gotten that serious.”
He added that the sight lines for people walking in that area are poor and suggested speed humps be installed.
“It’s not about if something happens on Maple Lane, but when,” he said. “It’s an extreme problem and if we don’t do something, we’re going to be sorry.”
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JEM
7:26 am on Friday, March 1, 2013
Far more important is a serious study & resolution for the traffic on Rt 19 from Waterdam to McMurray.
Eric Rouillard
7:41 am on Sunday, March 3, 2013
If the traffic is too fast then it's time for enforcement first, and we can work on engineering second. For the people complaining, I would like them to consider that the Township added 200+ new houses on a couple square miles of land around Maple Lane, with all sorts of new traffic feeding into Maple Lane. It was only a matter of time that eventually residents would discover that Maple Lane is the shortest and most direct route to the highway and the Southpointe Industrial Park. The increase in bad behavior is proportional to the increase in Traffic, much to the chagrin of longtime residents who wanted a quiet peaceful place by that little river. What should happen is that the road should be widened, elevated and straightened and the dirt road ( Hahn Dr) should be paved and elevated to avoid the frequent flooding problems. However that dirt road looks like it's in Cecil, but if it's a county road, maybe we can get some help with that.
Aloofnd
5:13 pm on Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Have to agree that more houses = more traffic and we should address the root cause rather than harass people for trying to get home on time.