Politics & Government

Late-Night Parking Debate, Left Turning Light for Irwin Drive and More

Also, a resident asks the Baldwin Council to return a streetlight, and other notes from a June 19 borough meeting.

Late-Night Parking Debate

There is still no resolution to an issue regarding parking in from 2 to 6 a.m.

At a borough meeting on Tuesday night, Baldwin Councilman Larry Brown read through a lengthy list of streets that would be affected by a new parking ban (or partial ban). Check back soon with the Baldwin-Whitehall Patch for that list. UPDATE (LIST OF POTENTIAL STREETS): http://patch.com/A-vScy

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The parking ban has been , but it is unclear whether restrictions would be permanent or seasonal.

Concerns range from how to pay for the many necessary no-parking signs to how to handle residences with multiple cars but not enough on-property parking space.

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 Chief Michael Scott said that something needs to be done regarding the places in Baldwin where on-street parking is cramping roadways.

"They have been so bad I've had to back out in my police vehicle before," Scott said. "From a public safety standpoint, you should probably prohibit it."

The council decided to revisit the parking issue at next month's borough meetings.

"I think we need some clarification of what these lists mean," Councilman Michael Stelmasczyk said.

Streetlight Grievance

South Baldwin resident Sandra Beyer took to the podium at Tuesday's borough meeting armed with an impassioned letter and a petition for the Baldwin Council to return a streetlight taken from Blossom Drive.

Beyer claimed that the  poses a danger to bus riders and other nightly commuters and that the lack of light make a nearby fire hydrant difficult to find.

Council members addressed Beyer's grievance by accounting the problem to a miscommunication.

While Beyer had been told that lights by fire hydrants would not be removed, Chief Scott said that fire hydrants only need to remain illuminated by surrounding light. Scott called the matter a "misunderstanding of criteria."

"I can't give up," Beyer said after the meeting. "It's so dark at night."

Other Notes

  • Baldwin officials will pay $10,840 to install a at the intersection of Route 51 and Irwin Drive.
  • A will be replaced.
  • , the Baldwin Council needs three volunteers for a Shade Tree Commission.

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