MAHONING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Township residents seek four-way stop

The police chief said he has not been contacted.
By BOB JACKSON
VINDICATOR COURTHOUSE REPORTER
YOUNGSTOWN -- Some Poland Township residents want the Mahoning County commissioners to improve what they say is a dangerous intersection near their homes.
The township's police chief says the problem isn't that serious.
A group of residents who live near New Castle and South Hubbard roads, just north of Lowellville, asked the commissioners Thursday to change the intersection from a two-way to a four-way stop.
South Hubbard Road has stop signs; New Castle Road does not.
Cites accidents: Albert Sciulli of Miller Road said there is an accident about once a week, with vehicles often veering into yards. He said that the intersection was poorly designed but that drivers speeding on New Castle Road contribute to the hazard.
"We have to slow these cars down," he said, noting that the residents think stop signs on New Castle Road would help.
Sciulli said the group approached commissioners instead of township officials because both roads are maintained by the county.
Marilyn Kenner, the county's chief deputy engineer, said the engineer's office will work up a report within 30 days.
Chief's view: Police Chief Carl Massullo said that he has not been contacted by residents and that additional stop signs probably aren't a realistic option. There is not an extraordinarily high number of accidents there, Massullo said.
He said state regulations require that at least 500 vehicles per hour pass through an intersection from all approaches in any eight-hour period. "I don't think the number of vehicles that come through that intersection would come anywhere close to that," Massullo said.
He said police will step up patrols in the area to try to curb speeding.