Mahoning Township officials have contemplated the addition of a streetlight at a heavily-used intersection.

Township supervisors on Wednesday debated whether the traffic signal should be installed at the intersection of Ashtown Drive and Route 443 on Wednesday.

Supervisor Deb McGowan said she has “been begging people to come to these meetings.”

“This is a safety issue,” McGowan said. “This is a safety issue at this intersection.”

McGowan said the township would need to notify homeowners who would be affected.

“We’re here to protect the public,” McGowan said. “And if that’s what we have to do, then that’s what we have to do.”

Ultimately, supervisors voted to table the matter.

The Route 443/Blakeslee Boulevard reconstruction project has resulted in an uptick in traffic on Ashtown Drive.

Last month, resident Colin Rehrig described how bad the situation is, and added there were at least five to six tractor-trailers going by every day.

Rehrig then asked to make Ashtown Drive local delivery only, no trucks.

Supervisors said that Lehighton Borough owns Ashtown bridge.

McGowan said at that time the township has to get rid of the excess traffic.

Rehrig also said at the time that the speeding is terrible.

McGowan, of Ashtown Drive, stated her concerns to Lehighton Borough Council several weeks after the project to reconstruct a portion of Route 443/Blakeslee Boulevard began.

In March 2021, McGowan told Lehighton Borough Council she was worried that more tractor-trailers brought on by the road project will damage Ashtown bridge.

Additionally, she said the 443 project had resulted in more traffic and tractor-trailers being diverted over Ashtown bridge.

The project began Feb. 15 and will rehabilitate the portion of roadway from the Carbon Plaza Mall in Mahoning Township to the Route 209/Thomas J. McCall Memorial Bridge in Lehighton.

H&K Group Inc. of Skippack is the general contractor on the $21 million project that is anticipated to be complete in September 2024.