{"id":926,"date":"2011-08-17T09:27:35","date_gmt":"2011-08-17T13:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=926"},"modified":"2011-08-17T09:28:46","modified_gmt":"2011-08-17T13:28:46","slug":"construction-on-route-1-bumps-accident-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=926","title":{"rendered":"Construction on Route 1 bumps accident rate"},"content":{"rendered":"

As expected, the construction of the new Route 52 intersection at US 1 has caused traffic complications in the area<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

By P.J. D’Annunzio<\/strong>, Staff Writer, KennettTimes.com<\/em><\/span><\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

KENNETT \u2014 A traffic report from the township Board of Supervisors shows that the increased volume of traffic being funneled through the narrow construction corridors of US 1 is causing a commensurate increase in automobile accidents.<\/span><\/p>\n

Many drivers are using the township\u2019s smaller roads in order to bypass the congested US 1 and get to their destinations quickly. This, however, represents a greater danger as these roads tend to be winding and harder to negotiate at high speeds.<\/span><\/p>\n

Accidents are up 11% from last year\u2019s 95 accidents to this year\u2019s 105 (year to date). Two of these accidents where on Kaolin Road and a further three were reported on Hillendale Road, the intersection of Bayard and Hillendale Roads, and McFarlan Road. There were also 5 accidents reported on US-1 accounting for 31% of the monthly total.<\/span><\/p>\n

The increased volume of accidents has prompted township officials to take corrective measures.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe \u2018Watch For Stopped traffic\u2019 sign at the Bayard Road \u2018S\u2019 curves has been installed,\u201d township Supervisors chair Allan Falcoff said, \u201cPennDot has [also] approved the \u2018No Traffic On Shoulder\u201d and \u2018No Right on Red\u2019 signs for the 52\/Hillendale intersection.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite the posting of new signs, some drivers remain oblivious to them, exacerbating an already volatile traffic situation.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThough the flasher installation at MacFarlan and Rosedale Roads is complete, within the first week we had an accident where a person ran the flashing light without ever braking,\u201d Falcoff said.<\/span><\/p>\n

At least one of the reported accidents was lethal, causing great concern within the township\u2019s administration.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA recent fatality accident and a resident\u2019s inquiry have made us aware that there is no posted speed limit on Burnt Mill Road,\u201d Falcoff said, \u201cThis is a state road and an unposted road in Pennsylvania has an implied speed limit of 55 miles per hour. We will attempt to have the state post this road with a 35 miles per hour speed limit as Delaware has done on their portion.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Falcoff encourages residents to sign up for the County \u201cReadyNotify\u201d emergency response system via www.readynotifypa.org<\/a>. As per a letter from the County Emergency Service Coordinator,\u00a0ReadyNotify will\u00a0not be broadcasting advisories on commercial systems until they are convinced that that the correct information is disseminated: An accident last week in West Whiteland Township involving a tanker truck explosion had at least one public broadcaster putting their own spin on the emergencey message.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As expected, the construction of the new Route 52 intersection at US 1 has caused traffic complications in the area By P.J. D’Annunzio, Staff Writer, KennettTimes.com KENNETT \u2014 A traffic report from the township Board of Supervisors shows that the increased volume of traffic being funneled through the narrow construction corridors of US 1 is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[180,55,181,57],"class_list":["post-926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-featured","tag-accident","tag-kennett","tag-traffic","tag-us-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}