Residents peppered West Penn Township's board of supervisors with questions last week concerning truck traffic in the township.

Residents brought the matter to the table on the heels of an idea broached last month by Supervisor Ted Bogosh, who suggested the idea of making Blue Mountain Drive one-way from Route 309 to Fort Franklin Road.Bogosh said at that time that trucks crowd vehicles on the road and added that changing to one-way could make the safety issue go away.Jan Marie Balmat, who lives at 14 Rattlesnake Lane, Blue Mountain Drive, questioned the one-way idea.Bogosh said it was merely an option presented to the public.Resident Joe Courtney, president of Retreat Village Homeowners Association, asked supervisors if trucks traveling roads trumps the safety and well-being of residents who live in the township.Board solicitor Holly Heintzelman said that depends on whether there's an alternate route for the trucks, and she doesn't believe there is.Board Chairman Jim Dean then weighed in on the situation."I want safety," Dean said. "It's a difficult thing. We are researching things like crazy."Dean said safety is definitely on the board's mind, but so too is the manner in which it goes about handling truck traffic.Resident Rich Lehr, who lives at Blue Mountain Drive and Retreat Road, said he's been a resident of the township for the past decade.Lehr said he has several young children and his family does activities where trucks pass by."My main concern is for the safety," Lehr said. "Someone's eventually going to get killed."Later in the meeting, resident Larry Stival discussed a load limit he's proposed for Blue Mountain Drive.Stival said the primary concern is traffic safety.Also in attendance was Christine Verdier, chief of staff for state Sen. David G. Argall.Verdier said she attended the meeting to squelch any rumors."Don't believe that we're not interested and we don't want to be involved," Verdier said."We can't stop it, but can we restrict it and regulate it, yes."