Gilpin officials are exploring ways to slow speeders on a dead-end road.
Banfield Road is a no-outlet stretch near Mill Bridge Road and West Leechburg Street.
Resident Joe Sabot lives along Banfield and said motorists for years have exceeded the 15 mph posted speed limit.
“Nobody understands it’s a single-lane, dead-end road.” Sabot said at Monday night’s supervisors meeting. “It’s not a free-for-all.”
He and others have brought their concerns before township leaders the past several months.
Sabot said he is worried about his children and relatives possibly getting hit by a car.
Supervisor Jeremy Smail said they reached out to PennDOT about possibly putting in speed bumps.
The reply was Gilpin would have to do a traffic study before installing such speed-control measures on the township road, Smail said.
Township officials said they do not have the money for such a study, and were unsure how long one would take.
Supervisor Steve Senjan encouraged his colleagues to take some kind of action to address the residents’ concerns.
They decided to authorize Solicitor Timothy Miller to draft an ordinance for stop signs at the intersection of Banfield Road and Pear Orchard Lane, a private drive.
The ordinance would be available for advertisement in November and formal adoption in December.
Smail said he does not believe a traffic study would be needed for a stop sign on a township road.
“It’s (at) an intersection,” he said. “It’s not being used as a speed-control device. It’s being used as a traffic-control device.”
Sabot commended supervisors for addressing his concerns and trying to make his street safer.
Gilpin road foreman Ted Long said he will check with PennDOT to see if there are any issues with installing a stop sign at a private drive before signs go up.
