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Council adopts amendment penalizing driving across private property to avoid traffic controls

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Summary

Wilkes-Barre City Council gave second and final reading to an ordinance amending the city code to prohibit driving across private or unintended public property to avoid traffic signal control devices or intersections.

The Wilkes-Barre City Council gave second and final reading May 22 to an ordinance amending Article 11 of Chapter 29 of the Wilkes-Barre City Code of Ordinances to address driving across private property and public property not intended to be a thoroughfare to avoid traffic signals or intersections.

The ordinance was filed as Council File 3 of 2025. Councilmember Barrett moved the final…

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