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Freemansburg council approves advertisement of two stop‑sign ordinances and six speed humps plan
Summary
Freemansburg Borough Council voted to advertise two ordinances to add stop signs at Main Street intersections with Monroe and Washington and to advertise a plan for six speed humps on Main Street; the speed‑hump advertisement passed 6‑1 after a resident raised concerns about idling and congestion.
Freemansburg Borough Council on Oct. 14 approved the advertisement of two ordinances to add stop signs on Main Street at its intersections with Monroe and Washington and approved the advertisement of an ordinance to install six speed humps on Main Street between Washington and Market streets.
Council Member Margaret Lorrah moved to approve advertising Ordinance No. 2025‑003 (Main at Monroe) and Ordinance No. 2025‑004 (Main at Washington); both motions were seconded by Council Member Charles Derr and passed unanimously, 7‑0. Lorrah also moved to approve advertisement of Ordinance No. 2025‑005, authorizing six speed humps and accompanying pavement markings per a traffic and engineering study prepared by Carroll Engineering; Derr seconded and that motion passed 6‑1, with Council Member Rudolph Gallich voting no.
During the public‑comment period, resident Joanne Zaharick said she and her husband opposed adding a stop sign at Main and Washington because it would cause prolonged vehicle idling and increase congestion and noise. Council President Homer Lorrah addressed the pros and cons of adding stop signs and cited broader safety concerns about higher speeds on Main Street, which council members said the proposed measures are intended to address.
The ordinances were placed for advertisement, the procedural step that notifies the public and prepares each measure for a subsequent vote on final adoption. The speed‑hump proposal references a Carroll Engineering traffic and engineering study as the basis for the recommended locations and pavement warnings; the study was attached to the ordinance material in the agenda packet.
Council also acknowledged an informational notice estimating the borough's 2026 Liquid Fuels allocation at $75,528.30 and approved corrected minutes for the Oct. 7, 2025 meeting (motion by Council Member Monica Elliott, seconded by Charles Derr), with Margaret Lorrah recorded as abstaining.
The ordinances will be subject to the borough's advertising and adoption process at a future meeting; no final adoptions were recorded in the minutes excerpt.
