Traffic flow on Jim Thorpe Borough's Packer Hill is once again up for debate due to continued fallout from a 2015 crash.

Vince Yaich, Jim Thorpe public services manager, said blocks remain in place along the side of the road after the crash forced the borough to take down 150 feet of guide rail.During sentencing for unauthorized use of a stolen vehicle, Jose Santa Karnish was ordered to pay restitution of $28,263.69, which included the cost of replacing the guide rail.The borough, however, had trouble finding anyone to do the work."Nobody wants to touch it because of a gas line that is there," Yaich said. "If you put it outside of the gas line, there is no way it can remain a two-way road."Jim Thorpe is checking with its solicitor, James Nanovic, to see if the blocks it has up now are legally sufficient to permanently leave in place.Other options include installing Jersey barriers, which would also likely mean the borough having to make Packer Hill a one-way road.It is not the first time council has discussed a one-way designation for the hill that leads from Route 209 to "The Heights" near the Carbon County Courthouse Annex.If the change is made, the consensus is to send traffic up the hill to avoid a logjam near Route 209 and the annex."Coming down that hill is dangerous as you shoot out to go out on Route 209," Councilman Jay Miller said. "You can get hit real easy there."The move would mean anyone traveling up Packer Hill Avenue would have to go down Liberty Road to access Route 209.Mayor Michael Sofranko said he supports a one-way direction heading up the hill, but Councilman Thomas Highland is not in favor of a change."I've heard from residents who oppose that," he said. "There were not any accidents on that road last year that I know of. It's just another way to get out of the Heights, and I think we should keep it."