A township roadway that has had issues with speeding has come back into focus in West Penn Township.

Supervisors on Monday discussed the speed limit on Zion Stone Road and agreed to have township solicitor Paul J. Datte look into the matter.

How to slow drivers down on Zion Stone Road has been an issue the township has faced for several years, dating back to 2020.

The matter was originally brought up for discussion in March 2020 in an attempt to slow drivers down on the roadway.

The board had asked then police Chief Brian Johnson to see what he could do to slow drivers down on Zion Stone Road.

Supervisors said that’s whether it meant having Johnson run speed, or look to reduce the speed if the road meets the criteria in a residential district to lower it to 25 mph.

That came in response to several requests the board fielded to reduce the speed limits in 2019.

In April 2019, resident Gary Steigerwalt told the board he’d like to see the speed reduced on Route 895.

Datte said at that time there were two possibilities: If the homes are along a significant stretch, then the township is permitted to declare it a residential district; other than that, he said the township would need to conduct an engineering study.

Supervisor Tim Houser said then that he agreed with Steigerwalt that the speed limits on township roads should not be 55 mph.

The board announced earlier that month that a traffic study must be conducted in order for the speed limit to be reduced along 895.

Supervisors said the township had received a response from the state Department of Transportation that the township would have to conduct a traffic study for 895 and Summer Valley Road.

That issue was with regard to a request by Nicole Bailey, who asked supervisors in May 2020 to have the speed limit reduced along that portion of 895.

Per PennDOT’s response, the township had to tell them what speed they would like to see it reduced to.

Township secretary Katie Orlick previously said she requested 45 mph and a no passing zone from Route 309 to Dorset Road.

PennDOT noted that speed limits are typically established based on recent crash history, as well as the 85th percentile speed, which is the speed at or below which 85 percent of the motorists are driving under normal roadway conditions during daylight hours.