Hi Everyone,

It has been a little while since I have posted any comments on my blog. I have been traveling a good bit which has required me to focus most of my time, including weekends, catching up on my regular work load.

With regard to the recent traffic conversations, I thought I would share, in a lighter vein, a “speed control device” emailed to me by a resident when the Commission was reviewing the Mapleton traffic issue. From a broad perspective, I think it is important to address the safety issues immediately at any location in Mt. Lebanon and to address the volume issue at a macro level for all of Mt. Lebanon. In light of the safety issue reported by the residents of Mapleton, I supported the speed control issues (speed bumps, etc) that have since been implemented at Mapleton.

A long term solution to the volume issue was the connection from Painters Run Road from Bower Hill to the Kirwin Heights interchange( I-79) . I understand that PennDot has re-prioritized and has decided to not fund this project for now. Connecting Painters Run to I-79 would divert traffic from south of Mt. Lebanon and is really critical in addressing the long term “volume” issue in Mt. Lebanon. The Commission is working to contact other Municipalities to see if we can collectively get PennDot to reverse their decision. Please address your comments directly to your elected officials and also contact H. Daniel Cessna, District Executive, PennDot at hcessna@state.pa.us so that they can see the community’s support for this project.

Wish all of you a Happy Summer. Thanks.

Raja

P.S:
SPEED CONTROL DEVICE FROM RESIDENT:
I don’t know about you, but this would slow me down! People slow down and try to “straddle” the hole, then breath a sign of relief they completely cleared it!

This is actually a speed control device that is in use. Scroll down and look at all three pictures. And it is much cheaper than speed cameras.

Click speed_control.doc to see.