It may be a new month, but the same old issue of vehicles speeding still exists in Bowmanstown.

Resident Kelly Solt told borough council on Tuesday that she’s noticed since Craig Street was blacktopped, there has been an increase in cars speeding.

Solt said there are bear, deer, and elderly people who live around there, yet there are trucks and cars that race.

“I don’t know if a speed bump could go in,” Solt said. “Something to bring attention before somebody gets hurt or killed.”

Councilman Rob Moyer suggested that in the short-term, it couldn’t hurt to contact state police.

Council President Pam Leiby said she isn’t surprised to hear about the speeding in that area.

“We kind of feared this once we paved it,” Leiby said.

Councilman Darren Thomas said they could always attempt a citizens’ arrest, which he said stopped a few people on Mauch Chunk Road.

However, Solt said that isn’t the job of residents.

Council has routinely fielded concerns from residents about speeding in the borough.

In February, it was announced that the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation performed a traffic study concerning the speed limit reduction request for Fireline Road.

PennDOT said there is no one factor or combination of factors that warrants the lowering of the existing 40 mph speed limit.

As a result, PennDOT said the speed limit along Fireline Road will not be lowered based on the results of a traffic study.

In September, council voted to contact PennDOT about the study with the condition that it would not cost the borough any money.

Council’s decision came after a resident in August asked about repairing a hole on Fireline Road, as well as lowering the speed limit.

Council wanted to reduce the speed limit from 40 mph to either 30 or 35 mph.

In June, wastewater treatment plant operator Chris Bixler said he was concerned by the number of burnouts he’s witnessed on borough roads.

Bixler said at that time not only is it a safety concern, but also reckless driving.

Mayor Zach Snyder said then that state police do their best to assist, but are short-staffed.

Bixler said the issue of burnouts is borough-wide.