CLEARFIELD – A resident is appealing to the Lawrence Township Supervisors for help with a dangerous situation on 21st Street.
At Tuesday’s meeting, Nancy Myrter asked the supervisors to look into doing a traffic study on 21st Street. Myrter said she has lived in her home on 21st Street for 40 years.
She said with the construction of the new SPCA building and increased traffic from the compost site, she is very concerned about safety on the road.
Myrter said there is no posted speed limit on the road, which means drivers assume they can go 55 miles-per-hour.
Myrter said there are two very dangerous blind curves on the road. Over the past five years, Myrter said there have been two fatal traffic accidents along the road, one that occurred directly in front of her driveway.
“If you’ve never seen a fatal accident, it’s horrible,” Myrter said. She said she is particularly concerned because volunteers often walk dogs from the SPCA along the road.
“It’s wonderful that these people are taking the time to volunteer to walk the dogs, and they’re excited to do it, but it’s only a matter of time before someone gets hit,” Myrter said.
She said she had talked to Police Chief Mark Brooks, who said he will be speaking to the volunteers about pedestrian traffic laws and safety when they walk the dogs.
She said the SPCA has a very large piece of property and wondered if they could look into building walking paths on their property to keep the dogs and the volunteers off the road.
Myrter asked if the supervisors could contact PennDOT to do a traffic survey in order to post speed limit signs.
Roadmaster Ron Woodling said he has spoken to Shawn Agosti from PennDOT about reviewing several roads in the township to see if a traffic study is warranted.
However, Woodling said with the state budget still in limbo, Agosti must get approval before he can do any work.
Woodling said he is hoping to meet with Agosti sometime next week, but it will all depend on getting approval from PennDOT.