Mahoning Township officials continue to discuss a streetlight at a busy intersection.

Minus two supervisors, the board on Wednesday briefly revisited discussion on the addition of a streetlight at the intersection of Ashtown Drive and Route 443.

Board Chairman Robert Slaw noted that the planning commission received two plans for properties located nearby along Route 443.

Afterward, supervisors decided to table the matter to see if anything comes from the sketch plans.

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

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

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

Supervisors tabled the matter at that time as well.

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

In November, 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.

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.

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.