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Wilkes‑Barre council adopts ordinance banning driving across private property to avoid traffic signals
Summary
City council adopted an amendment to the municipal code criminalizing driving across private or non‑thoroughfare public property to avoid traffic signals; council members voted to approve the ordinance after public comments raised enforcement concerns.
Wilkes‑Barre City Council on May 8 adopted an ordinance amending Article 11 of Chapter 29 of the city code to prohibit driving across private property and public property not intended as a thoroughfare to avoid traffic signals or intersections.
The ordinance adds a local traffic offense and increases the penalty the council said was last set when the rule was first passed in 2008. Council members moved and seconded the ordinance and then voted to adopt it.
The change came after a member of the public questioned how officers would enforce the prohibition. “It seems to me this thing is almost unenforceable,” public commenter Troy said during the meeting, adding concerns that enforcement would divert police…
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