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Resident Jennifer Moratti urges three‑way stop at Bowmont Drive over safety concerns
Summary
Resident Jennifer Moratti told the board that increasing cut‑through traffic, speeding and a nearby school bus stop that serves 12 elementary students have prompted a petition for a three‑way stop at Bowmont Drive; township staff said a short traffic study will be conducted and recommended tree pruning to improve sightlines.
Jennifer Moratti, a resident at 211 Bowmont Drive, told the Nether Providence Township Board that neighbors have grown alarmed by rising cut‑through traffic and speeding on her street and formally petitioned for a three‑way stop.
"For years, our community has been increasingly concerned about the traffic patterns on our street," Moratti said, noting that Bowmont connects Brook Haven Road and Rose Valley Road and serves as a frequent route for delivery vehicles. She told the board there is no sidewalk on Bowmont, that drivers often turn onto the street from approaches with substantially different speeds, and that a school bus stop on the corner now serves 12 elementary students.
An unnamed township engineer, called to respond, said the department completed an initial assessment and that the intersection currently does not meet the usual stop‑sign warrants—crash history and side‑street volume among them. The engineer said sightlines toward Brook Haven Road are clear but that low tree limbs obstruct the opposite approach and recommended pruning the tree in the right of way.
"Our initial assessment is that pruning of those lower branches is a reasonable request," the engineer said, and added the township would run a traffic study. The presenter said staff would conduct traffic counts and review speeds "over the course of the next week or so" to evaluate whether the petition should be approved under engineering criteria.
The board did not act on installing a stop at the meeting but directed staff to pursue the short traffic study and to return with findings and recommendations. The study and any tree‑pruning work will determine next steps; residents were encouraged to continue communicating with their ward commissioner about the process.
The exchange underscored resident concerns about child pedestrian safety at the bus stop and the limitations of stop‑sign warrants on local residential streets. The township engineer recommended low‑cost sightline improvements and a short traffic count as the immediate follow‑up.
