Nesquehoning officials aren't set on their position about the state's new detour restricting tractor-trailer traffic coming down the Broad Mountain into the borough.

On Wednesday, borough secretary-treasurer RoniSue Ahner said she spoke with state Sen. John Yudichak's office about the borough's position on the detour."I told him I wasn't sure," she said, noting that there was never any formal action or discussion by the council on the matter.Council President David Hawk and Mayor Sam Kitchko said there was a discussion with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation shortly after the three rigs crashed coming off the Broad Mountain early last year. The detour has not been discussed.Earlier this week, PennDOT released its findings of a study of Route 93 and announced that a detour for standard tractor-trailers would be implemented to prevent additional crashes.The proposed detour will take trucks traveling south off Route 93 at Route 424 in Hazle Township and to Route 309 in McAdoo, Route 54 in Hometown and Route 209 through Nesquehoning. The reverse route would be implemented for northbound rigs that would normally travel up Route 93 in Nesquehoning.Council said that last year's three crashes were "a very strange incident.""It was a recipe for trucks not stopping," Hawk said. "If that practice continues, it is only a matter of time until another accident.""Thank God nobody was killed," Councilman Frank Jacobs said.Kitchko said many rigs still don't follow the rules at the top of the Broad Mountain and may not stop fully at the routes 93-209 intersection because they can't.Councilwoman Rosemary Porembo asked if it is difficult to have a police officer man that area.Kitchko said that takes protection from the borough and is time consuming.Porembo also asked if there was any way they could use Route 443 instead and bypass Nesquehoning all together.Hawk said he didn't think that was necessary."Yes, it's going to be more traffic through town and that will be a little bit more inconvenient, but in terms of safety, the potential for anything catastrophic happening is less with them going through town instead of coming down the Broad Mountain," he said.Hawk said he feels police will be able to monitor the trucks and see infractions easier in town than having to sit up on top of the Broad Mountain.