Some residents will attempt to put a stop to speeding in Foster
Township with complaints at tonight’s supervisors meeting.

Township resident Pete Gardner put an advertisement in
Saturday’s edition of The Era asking the Foster Township
neighborhood leaders to comment on speed enforcement at the
township supervisors meeting.

Gardner said he was approached by a few residents to gather
people together to go to the meeting and complain about speeding.
He told the residents he couldn’t do that, but he could instead put
an ad in the paper.

Gardner explained that one or two people have come to a meeting
every now and then to complain about speeding in the township, but
nothing has really been done about it so far.

“We’ll see (at the meeting) if we’re as in tune with the
sentiments of the public as we think,” Gardner said Sunday. “If the
situation’s bad, a lot of people will show up, but maybe there’s
only a few people who think it matters. I guess we’ll see tomorrow
night.”

Gardner said he complained 10 years ago, requesting the speed
limit to be lowered. He said he was told by state police that if
the speed limit wasn’t enforced well enough, it was a local
problem.

“If someone travels through Knapp Creek (N.Y.) at a high rate of
speed on a consistent basis, they would get a ticket from a New
York state cop,” Gardner said, adding that if someone speeds
through Derrick City on a consistent basis, state police may not
catch the person since state police do not patrol the border very
often.

A number of residents have complained at previous meetings about
speeding on various roads throughout the township.

Foster Township Police have addressed the complaints, offering
to patrol those areas more, discussing using unmarked cars and
exploring the option of installing a VASCAR (visual average speed
computer and recorder) speed enforcement system in some areas of
the township.