Despite issuing almost 100 speeding citations in August, Jim Thorpe Borough Police continue to see vehicles flying through town.

One month after putting motorists on notice, Mayor Michael Sofranko said not much has changed."The number of speeding tickets is remarkable," Sofranko said Thursday. "Our cops wrote 91 tickets last month and over 80 percent were on Route 903. We had one officer write 52 himself. That really tells you something."While most of the discussion has centered on Route 903, Sofranko made it clear that addressing the issue across the entire town is a priority.Police have also focused their efforts cracking down on drug activity in the borough, he added.While Council President Greg Strubinger said it seems like truck traffic and the speed of trucks has increased recently, police Chief Joe Schatz said most of the violations come from passenger vehicles.Speeds have also increased since the opening of the new Route 903 bridge. Vehicles coming from the east side of Jim Thorpe have no stop sign or traffic signal before having a straight shot down Route 903, where the speed limit is 25 mph, and onto the bridge."We're hammering locals and out-of-towners," Schatz said. "There are speeds well over 40 mph out there."On one night in August, police wrote 14 citations in a three-hour period.Last year, the state informed Jim Thorpe its police department would no longer receive aggressive driving money to increase patrol on highly traveled area roads.The borough had received $9,000 since 2012 to target aggressive drivers on Route 903."During seven different waves of aggressive driving detail, officers patrolled for 273 hours and wrote 429 citations," Schatz said.In an effort to help curb speeding, Sofranko contacted state officials to inquire about getting digital signs for the borough's main thoroughfares.The signs will tell motorists how fast they are traveling."There are studies that show a 20 percent reduction in speeding if people can see their speed on those signs," Sofranko said.Two signs will be placed on Route 903, between Second and Third streets, and Tenth and Eleventh streets.Sofranko thanked Paul Hoherchak, of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation; state Rep. Doyle Heffley, and Sean Brown, of PennDOT, for helping to get the signs."We have to try something else," Sofranko said. "No matter how much we put out there, people don't seem to be slowing down."