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Township moves to bid traffic-signal safety upgrades along State Route 22; police note speeding complaints
Summary
Salem supervisors authorized advertising bids for safety modifications at six signalized intersections on State Route 22 and a flashing school‑zone device on SR 119; Kiski Barracks corporal said a trooper spends considerable time patrolling SR 22 in response to resident complaints about speeding.
Salem Township supervisors voted Nov. 20 to advertise for bids to upgrade traffic signals at six intersections along State Route 22 and to add a flashing school‑zone device on State Route 119 within township limits.
The action followed resident complaints about speeding on Route 22. Corporal Parsley of the Kiski Barracks introduced himself to the board and reported overall crime is down in the area, but acknowledged ongoing speeding complaints along State Route 22 and said a trooper dedicates significant patrol time to that corridor. He also discussed the agency's use of drones at crime scenes while noting privacy considerations.
By approving the bid advertisement, the board authorized staff to solicit contractors to evaluate and propose safety modifications to the signalized intersections, a step supervisors said was meant to improve traffic safety on the state routes that cross the township.
