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Council advertises stop‑sign change at Kissel Hill and East Sixth; streets committee to study Cedar/New Street visibility
Summary
Council voted July 29 to advertise an amendment adding stop controls at Kissel Hill Road and East Sixth Street after a warrant analysis; members also directed Streets & Traffic to review recent complaints about sight distance and speeding at the North Cedar/New Street intersection and return with recommendations.
Lititz Borough Council voted July 29 to advertise an amendment to the borough’s traffic ordinance to establish stop controls at the intersection of Kissel Hill Road and East Sixth Street after the borough engineer’s warrant analysis recommended a 4‑way stop.
Elijah (engineer) told council the analysis considered pedestrian volume, sight distance, traffic volumes and crash history; he noted the intersection partly lies in Warwick Township and that coordinated timing with the township will be necessary to implement signs concurrently. "By advertising this tonight, we can adopt it at the August meeting," Elijah said, but he cautioned that both jurisdictions should implement changes together.
Separately, residents raised long-standing safety concerns at the North Cedar Street and New Street intersection near the New Street Laundry. Multiple residents described limited sight lines created by parked vehicles and an oblique (non‑90°) intersection geometry. Karen Wybel and Sandy Gray, who live near the intersection, described repeated near misses and frequent speeding along Cedar Street. Wybel urged council to consider traffic-calming measures and suggested converting a short segment of New Street to one-way to reduce cut‑through traffic.
Council asked the Streets & Traffic committee to review the New/Cedar concerns and return with a recommendation; committee members agreed to do a focused review over the next month. Engineering staff said a simple warrant analysis — the same type used for Kissel Hill — would cost about $2,400; more extensive counting or geometric analysis would cost more depending on the scope.
Decision and next steps: Council approved advertising the ordinance amendment for Kissel Hill/East Sixth with a motion that carried. Streets & Traffic will study the Cedar/New Street complaints and bring recommendations (and cost estimates for any traffic study) back to council. Public commenters will be notified of committee meetings if they wish to follow up.
Why this matters: The ordinance change addresses an intersection with repeated crashes and the committee’s review of the Cedar/New Street corner responds to persistent neighborhood safety concerns that may require low-cost changes or longer-term engineering/parking adjustments.
