Franklin hears separate requests for stop signs
A look at Canal Street before it turns left onto Long Run Road, where a resident has asked Franklin Township supervisors to put a stop sign. Township officials said they plan to proceed with a three-way stop at the intersection. TERRY AHNER/TIMES NEWS
Franklin Township officials recently heard several requests for stop signs to be erected to improve safety.
Resident Daniel Sell recently asked township supervisors to put a stop sign at the end of Canal Street, right before the turn onto Long Run Road, as Canal Street turns into Fairyland Road at that intersection.
Sell said that he was taking a tree down at the intersection when a car almost hit him twice, and that he’s constantly worried about his safety.
Board Chairman Jason Frey said it sounded like a three-way stop sign should be erected.
Supervisor Robin Cressley said the township planned to proceed with a three-way stop.
“We’ve got to wait for the engineers to get back to us,” Cressley said.
Since all three roads are state roads, but located in the township, the procedure is that a letter must be sent from the township recommending the stop sign be installed.
Sell told the board, “They run the stop sign all the time.”
Cressley told Sell he agreed with him.
“It’s a bad spot,” he said.
Frey also agreed.
“It’s definitely a bad intersection,” he said.
Stop sign request revisited
Resident Jim Washburn, who resides on Indian Hill Road, once again asked supervisors about putting up a stop sign in the vicinity of where Indian Hill Road meets with Red Hill Road to curtail speeding where he lives.
Cressley said they should be enforcing the area more, and that they’ll start with milling some strips in there.
Washburn said the situation hasn’t improved since he approached supervisors last month.
“It’s not getting any better,” he said. “People just don’t care.”
Cressley told Washburn supervisors will once again talk with the police department about the situation.
At last month’s meeting, Cressley said he didn’t believe a stop sign could be done based on discussions with township engineer Greg Haas, who said it would be a safety issue, especially during the winter months.
Washburn told supervisors that motorists are going down Indian Hill Road at speeds of 50 mph, and that the time of day that drivers tend to speed the most is between 4:30 and 5 p.m.
