Traffic Safety Measures Adopted In Abington Twp.

ABINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA —Commissioners have adopted several traffic safety measures after complaints about numerous accidents throughout the township.

The Board of Commissioners, at its meeting last month, unanimously adopted Traffic Safety Ordinance No. 2211 to amend several ordinances for Vehicles and Traffic, Traffic Regulations, Stop Intersections, Parking Regulations, Parking Prohibited at all Times; No Parking Between Signs, No Parking Here to Corner, Parking Prohibited Except Certain Hours, No Stopping or Standing, and Specialized Parking Signs.

Those amendments added signs to the following:

• A stop sign westbound and eastbound on Woodrow Avenue at the intersection of Tennis Avenue.
• A stop sign westbound and eastbound on Rothley Avenue at Triebel Avenue.
• A stop sign westbound on Fairacres Road at Washington Lane.
• A stop sign northbound and southbound on Tennis Avenue at Jefferson Avenue.
• No parking on the north side of Guernsey Avenue at Old York Road and the western driveway edge of 1151 Old York Rd.
• No parking on Sherman Avenue, eastside at Rockledge Avenue, and point 150' north.
• Handicapped parking signs at 1119 Hall Avenue; Easton Road in front of Roslyn VFW.
• Handicapped parking sign removed at 2123 Curtis Avenue.

Commissioners did not discuss the amendments.

Resident Adele Kubel expressed concern about traffic safety and frequent accidents. She also stated that numerous light poles are out throughout the township.