The issue of making the intersection of Stevenson Street and North Wilbur Avenue a four-way stop will be revisited by borough officials in the coming weeks, according to Borough Mayor Denny Thomas.
    The issue of making that intersection a four-way stop was brought up by residents who live near that area following a two-vehicle accident that occurred there Monday afternoon.
    No one was hurt in the accident, but some borough residents who live in that area asked when the municipality was going to make that intersection into a four-way stop, citing Monday’s accident as the second to occur at that intersection in as many days.
    Currently the intersection is posted as a two-way stop, where motorists traveling down North Wilbur Avenue have to stop at the intersection of Stevenson Street before traveling further. Motorists traveling down Stevenson Street can travel through that intersection without stopping.
    Council President Henry Farley said it would make sense to him for the borough to make that intersection a four-way stop.
    “I travel that route on my way home from work ... and it is always busy there,” he said. “I sometimes see drivers piggyback through the intersections in town, and I think that is a big safety hazard, too.”
    However, making that intersection a four-way stop is not a new issue for borough officials. According to Thomas, it was brought up a couple years ago.
    At that time officials from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation were brought in to look at the intersection and recommended to the council that it stay a two-way stop, said Thomas.
    The reasoning by DOT: making that intersection a four-way stop would create more accidents, he said.
    Thomas did state that PennDOT’s recommendations to the borough regarding that intersection is just that — a recommendation — and added that the borough could try making that intersection a four-way stop on a 90-day trial basis, but that action would have to be decided upon by the borough council itself.
    Thomas said he will talk to Police Chief Kevin Guinane in the coming days about that intersection, the number of accidents that have occurred, and the frequency in which any accidents have occurred.
    In addition, Thomas said he will bring this issue before the borough’s police committee at its next meeting to discuss in further detail.
    That meeting of the borough’s police committee will be held at 4 p.m. June 2 at the borough hall on West Packer Avenue. The public is invited to attend.
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    Warren Howeler can be reached at whoweler@morning-times.com.