Multiple Monroeville residents press council about speeding, detours and road safety on Evergreen Drive, Logans Ferry and Old Haymaker

At Tuesday’s agenda-setting meeting residents from multiple neighborhoods raised traffic and safety concerns and asked council to consider specific calming measures.

Sayan Echagari, a long-term resident of Evergreen Drive, described hazardous conditions during recent construction detours. Echagari said drivers were using Evergreen Drive as a cut-through to avoid lane restrictions elsewhere and that the street’s steep grade and lack of stop signs make it dangerous for residents exiting driveways. He asked the municipality to consider removable speed-control devices across the hill in summer months and reiterated an earlier report that permanent speed bumps had been denied because they impeded snow removal.

Gary Pugliano of 3676 Logans Ferry Road described a decades-long pattern of speeding and property damage on Logans Ferry. Pugliano said his property alone has endured an estimated $300,000 in vehicle and landscaping damage over 20 years and that the most recent crash occurred Feb. 15, 2025. He urged the municipality to install multiple speed bumps, add a stop sign at Logans Ferry and Edgemead, deploy digital speed-display signs, install guide rails where vehicles are leaving the roadway, and to increase targeted enforcement. Pugliano said a petition backing speed bumps had gathered more than 30 signatures.

Other residents raised localized service requests: Lisonbee McBride asked staff to arrange Duquesne Light inspection of a streetlight that had been hit and to investigate an active beehive in another pole; Judy Randall reported a bank-owned derelict house on Old Haymaker Road and requested code enforcement follow-up if the property address is provided; Ed Mindo asked about a proposed U-Haul site that was posted and later removed; and Albert Tolomeo said not every affected resident received mailed notice about conditional-use activity affecting dead-end streets and asked for improved resident notification on projects that would affect single-access streets.

Public works staff told residents they would refer the beehive and streetlight matters to Duquesne Light and directed residents to provide addresses for the derelict property so code enforcement could inspect. Council members asked staff to follow up with the Chamber of Commerce to help connect displaced mall merchants with other property owners, and staff said they would review speed-related equipment that can be removed for snow operations and assess traffic enforcement options.

Residents asked the municipality to weigh the trade-offs between snow removal and removable traffic calming devices that can be temporarily deployed during warmer months. Council did not take immediate votes; staff said follow-up would be provided and that several items could be addressed administratively or routed to code enforcement, public works, or police for enforcement and engineering review.