Supervisors Support Allen Street Speed Limit Signs

The Upper Milford Board of Supervisors support posting speed limit signs on Allen Street, as requested by a resident. But first, they decided during their Aug. 4 meeting, they will ask township employees to determine if there are any other streets in the township that also lack speed limit signs.

Resident George DeVault brought the Allen Street situation to the supervisors’ attention last month. In a letter to the township, DeVault said he was directing traffic for the Citizens Fire Co. following an automobile accident on Allen Street.

DeVault said several residents complained to him at that time about the fact that there is no speed limit sign on Allen Street.

Township Manager Dan DeLong subsequently told the supervisors in a July 26 memo that it would cost $250 each for four speed limit signs on Allen Street, in addition to $600 for legal and advertising fees.

However, after learning about the $600 cost for legal and advertising fees, the supervisors decided on Aug. 4 that it would make sense to see if there are other streets also lacking speed limit signs because then they could use the same $600 to cover fees for those streets as well.

DeLong said it’s not clear whether there would be sufficient funds in the township budget to cover new signs on streets besides Allen Street. But Steven Ackerman, board chairman, said the staff can make recommendations to the supervisors, and then the board can determine if there are signs elsewhere that could be done “next year and so on.”

DeVault thanked the supervisors for their “quick and professional response” to his request for signs on Allen Street.

In other business on Aug. 4, the supervisors approved a request from Marjorie Geissinger of Upper Milford Mennonite Church to hold a "Light in the Night Safe Zone Block Party" in the township parking lot on Oct. 30. The event was held for the first time last year.