COUNCIL MEETING PennDOT plans to pave Route 208 in borough of New Wilmington

State officials also said they'd install safety lights, the chief said.
BY MARY GRZEBIENIAK
VINDICATOR CORRESPONDENT
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. -- Police Chief Carmen Piccirillo had good news for New Wilmington Borough Council members when they met this week.
He said Pennsylvania Department of Transportation crews told him that next year the state plans to pave the portion of Pa. Route 208 that is in the borough. He added it is likely the state will also approve flashing 15-mile-per-hour school zone lights and signs for the highway.
Piccirillo said he is working on paperwork to submit to PennDOT's signal division to put flashing school zone lights and signs on Route 208 at Wood Street, which is a school crossing. He said that such lights are not usually approved unless the school actually faces a state highway. But he said PennDOT officials have indicated they are likely to approve them for the location because of the heavy student pedestrian traffic on Route 208. However, the borough will have to pay for the lights if they are approved.
On the agenda
In other business Monday, council did the following:
USet a special meeting for 5 p.m. Tuesday to open for a roof on the borough's maintenance facility on Pa. Route 158. A full-time police officer might also be hired at that meeting.
UHeard Mayor Wendell Wagner report that police have been closely monitoring student parties since Westminster College has been back in session. Wagner added that several political signs have been stolen in one area where parties have been a problem and those responsible will be arrested if identified.
UAgreed to advertise for bids for the fall borough cleanup.
UAgreed to have a contractor put a "diversion bump" at the end of Tom and Carol Davidson's driveway, 225 High St., to solve a runoff problem.
UHeard Solicitor Tom Mansell report that the New Wilmington Municipal Water Authority will open bids in two weeks for two proposed water towers. But he said the price of steel has reportedly gone up and might affect the project.