Cranberry Slowdown Campaign Proves Successful

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, PA — The numbers are in, and they are good ones. The township's slowdown campaign, which coincided with the opening of classes in the Seneca Valley School District, was a success.

The campaign, which sent township police officers out in full force and put 40 radar speed signs in various neighborhoods. According to the township, radar signs were passed by 19,570 vehicles; their average speed was 20.6 mph, so the average sign effectiveness (vehicles slowed) was 40 percent.

Participating neighborhoods included: Bristol Creek, Clearbrook, Cranberry Heights, Cranberry Park Place, Cranberry West, Crystal Springs, Fox Run, Franklin Crossing, Freedom Woods, Goehring Road, Hampshire Woods, Havenwood, Hazelwood Farms, Hunter's Creek, Marshall
Woods, Meeder Neighborhood, Oakview Estates, Orchard Park, Pinehurst, Scenic Ridge, Shadow Creek, Walden Pond, Deer Run, Norberry Court, Spring Meadows, The Glen at Woodside, Villas of Isleworth, Wakefield Estates, Winchester Farms, Winchester Lakes, Woodbine Estates and
Woodlands.

The initiative was funded through local business sponsorships and the Cranberry Township Community Chest.

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