New Speed Limit on Grandview Drive in Palmer

The has signed off on a resident's request for speed limit signs on Grandview Drive.

A resident of Wayne Street had made a request asking township officials to consider installing speed limit signs for Grandview Drive where it tees off from Freemansburg Avenue.

The supervisors approved the motion for two signs at the board's meeting Monday night after little discussion.

The speed limit will be 25 mph.

The township's traffic safety committee recommended to supervisors that the two, 25 mph speed limit signs be considered after reviewing information about traffic in the area.

In an April 30 traffic safety committee memo regarding the request, it stated that Grandview Drive is designated as a collector road from Freemansburg Avenue to Glen Avenue on the township street map.

The speed limit on southbound Greenwood Avenue is 35 mph while the speed limits for eastbound and westbound Freemansburg Avenue are 40 mph.

The traffic sign plan for the Woodbridge Falls III and Woodmont Development specified a 25 mph speed limit for Grandview Drive between Wayne and Florian streets.

Township officials said the state Department of Transportation recommends one or two speed limit signs whenever a local street tees off of a state road and the difference in speed limits is 10 mph or more.

With increased traffic expected from the developments and a proposed park along Grandview, members of the traffic safety committee believe that safety concerns will also increase.

So the committee decided that installing the 25 mph speed limit signs would be consistent with the neighborhood and should improve vehicular and pedestrian safety, the memo states.