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Residents urge traffic calming on Grandview and complain of late‑night practice at nearby gun range

City of Bethlehem City Council · May 6, 2026
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Summary

Petitioners delivered signatures asking for a traffic study, speed humps, and flashing stop signs on Grandview Boulevard; separate residents asked council to address nighttime firearms practice at a gun club outside city limits that residents said disturbed children.

A group of Grandview Boulevard residents presented a petition to the Bethlehem City Council asking the city to study speeding and stop‑sign compliance and install traffic calming measures before planned street paving.

"We respectfully request a traffic study conducted as soon as possible," Terry Coiber said, reporting that 46 of about 61 houses signed the petition and listing intersections where flashing stop signs and removable humps were requested. Coiber said the study should precede paving work and called for protections for children and pedestrians.

Mary Jo McCool amplified those concerns, describing…

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