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Green Tree council approves $8,000 traffic study, advances crosswalk work after resident safety complaints
Summary
After residents raised safety concerns about crossings and speeding, Green Tree Borough Council approved an $8,000 contract for traffic engineering studies and directed staff to begin line-painting and other crosswalk improvements on Green Tree Road.
Green Tree Borough Council on Monday voted to hire a traffic engineering firm and to begin near-term crosswalk and pavement-marking work after residents pressed the council about dangerous conditions on Green Tree Road and several neighborhood streets.
Council approved a proposal from David E. Worcester and Associates for traffic engineering services — a package that includes data collection and traffic-calming recommendations for School Street, Tahoe Drive and Roadside — at a cost of $8,000. The motion passed by voice vote.
The vote followed public comment from resident Robert (10 Crestmont Drive), who urged the borough to install a lighted pedestrian crossing at the crest of Green Tree Road between Banbury Lane and Crestmont Drive. "I really think that we ought to look at putting a similar lighted crossing on Green Tree Road between the neighboring dust lines," Robert said during the hearing of citizens.
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