Nesquehoning residents are hearing more noise from off-road vehicles, but there is not much the borough can do since the vehicles are on private property, officials say.

On Wednesday, Park Avenue resident Tim Maurer asked borough council if anything has been done since his last request for help regarding the excessive noise from quad and other off-road vehicles that frequent the town to go off-roading on the Broad Mountain in the borough.

On any given weekend, residents can watch as dozens of vehicles from New York and New Jersey travel through the Hauto Valley Estates before parking off Industrial Road and traveling up the mountain with their off-road vehicles.

Noise has become an issue for residents since the vehicles are up there for hours, with their sounds echoing off the mountain.

Maurer asked what the borough was doing about the quads that also travel Park Avenue illegally.

Police Chief Michael Weaver said that a lot of the problem is on land that the borough doesn’t control.

“They are parking on the north side of Industrial Road and that is private property,” he said. “There’s not really much we can do with that. If they are on the roads, we have had side-by-side quads on the roads that we stopped, but it seems it’s a lot of the noise.” Weaver added that he did take a ride down the area recently and said he wished there was more the police could do. He noted he saw approximately 85 vehicles and trailers, parties and trash being thrown everywhere, but since it was on private property and the owner condones it, he couldn’t do anything.

The borough has reached out to the owners of the property in question and was told that they don’t want to enforce it.

Mayor Tom Kattner added that he will not have the department go onto private property and put themselves in harm’s way when the owner allows this.

“So we’re saying this is going to be the norm on every weekend?” Maurer asked, adding that this problem isn’t because of local off-roaders, but rather the New York and New Jersey people coming in.

Councilman Louis Paul said he understands because he hears it at all hours of the day and night where he lives in New Columbus as well.

Council said that borough’s solicitor, the firm of Weaver and Kattner, would look through ordinances and see if anything can be done on the matter.