The trouble spot is at Harvard Boulevard and Western Reserve Road.

The trouble spot is at Harvard Boulevard and Western Reserve Road.
By VIRGINIA ROSS
VINDICATOR CORRESPONDENT
NORTH LIMA -- Every day that her teenage daughter drives to work, Rosanna Agostinelli worries.
"I'm afraid she'll be in an accident," the Beaver Township woman said.
And her daughter, Rachel, worries she'll be late for work because of the heavy afternoon traffic she battles along Western Reserve Road.
"She comes home from school and has to hurry up and get ready for work and back out the door she goes," said Agostinelli, who lives on Ron Drive. "It's so hard to get anywhere because of the traffic, especially in the afternoon after school. I'm afraid she's going to get hurt one of these days."
Agostinelli is part of a group of township residents asking for a traffic light to be placed at Harvard Boulevard and Western Reserve Road.
Group members have expressed their concerns about the intersection to township trustees at several recent meetings.
Donald Doyle of Center Drive was injured in a car crash at the intersection about six years ago.
"I was banged up some," he said. "I'm amazed there haven't been more serious accidents there. I think something should be done now so we can later avoid having to say we should have done something."
Township officials said they understand the concern.
Police chief's views
Police Chief Carl Frost said he also sees the intersection as a potential danger zone.
"I know it's scary," the chief said. "People have every reason to be concerned. We're looking at doing what we can to address their concerns."
This month, the Mahoning County Engineer's office plans to conduct traffic counts at the intersection to determine whether the volume of traffic warrants a traffic signal there. Frost said township officials already have looked at how many serious accidents there have been at the location.
"It's good and bad because we haven't had serious accidents there. That's good that we haven't had to face that," Frost said.
"But that makes the case weaker for a traffic signal there. So, now we have to see if the traffic volume warrants a signal."
Frost said he has suggested making the east side of Harvard a right turn only. He said several ideas have been tossed around to lessen traffic volume along Western Reserve Road.
"The main thing is to look at what can be done to make it safer there," he said. "Once we have the traffic count done, I think we'll be able to look at how to proceed."