Water Street traffic-calming initiative rolls on in Whitehall Township

WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. — Measures to address the decades-long vehicle speeding issue on Water Street rolled on Monday night, but not without hitting a few speed bumps.

The board of commissioners unanimously passed a resolution authorizing the completion of surveying and engineering work on the narrow Darktown street where a resident, Edward D. Tomcics, 75, was struck and killed by a speeding vehicle on the night of Dec. 25.

Keystone Consulting Engineers and Benchmark Civil Engineering Services Inc. will perform the study, which will take several months, township engineer Frank Clark has said. The cost of the work will be $41,500…

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