Motorists traveling along Catawissa Street in Nesquehoning will soon be alerted to their speed after council voted to purchase electronic signs to try to cut down on speeding.

During borough council’s monthly meeting, council voted to purchase an electric speed sign from RadarSigns at a cost of $3,205.

Two additional signs are also being purchased through donations from the Nesquehoning Historical Society and Nesquehoning Recreation Commission.

The signs will be posted along Catawissa Street where the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation approves and will provide motorists with a real-time speed they are traveling, as well as the posted speed limit in that area.

Most of Catawissa Street, which is a state highway, is posted 25 mph, however the extreme east end of the highway is 40 mph coming from Jim Thorpe into the borough.

Council cited higher incidents of speeding taking place since PennDOT paved the road earlier this year.

During council’s workshop meeting earlier this month, Chief Bradley Hess said that the signs will include two permanent units, possibly at each end of town, as well as one mobile unit that could be moved to different parts of town if needed.

He noted that the signs Nesquehoning is purchasing are the same as the ones Jim Thorpe recently purchase and installed throughout the borough.

“They had great reviews and they are effective,” Hess said at that meeting.

Council, as well as Hess, thanked the two donors for helping with this project.

Council and residents had noted during the summer that speeding has become an increasing problem along that road and asked if more patrols or something could be done.

In other matters, the borough police have put their new cruiser into service.