As New School Year Nears, Cranberry Drivers Urged To Slow Down

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, PA — As kids prepare to return to school, township officials are urging drivers to apply the brakes. The annual Slow Down Campaign, coinciding with the start of the Seneca Valley School District 2-24-25 year, will run from Aug. 22 through Sept. 5.

Drivers will notice hundreds of campaign and radar speed signs across the township encouraging them to slow down. Radar signs will be moved daily to different neighborhoods, and the data gathered will be used to change the program or increase awareness of the initiative.

In addition to the yard signs, police will increase patrols in key areas near schools, parks and residential zones. Officers will monitor speeds and enforce traffic laws to ensure that drivers adhere to the reduced speed limits and exercise caution in high-risk areas.

Cranberry neighborhoods have joined bi-annually to encourage drivers to adhere to the posted 25 mph speed limit and all posted township speed limits. More neighborhoods take part each year with hundreds of signs posted and distributed in the participating areas, along with mobile speed-reading trailers and traffic counter tubes.

The campaign is patterned after the Nebraska-based nonprofit “Keep Kids Alive, Drive 25” and is funded through local business sponsorships and the Cranberry Township Community Chest.