Residents of Greenwood Avenue are asking Emsworth Council for help slowing down traffic on their street.

Lisa Young told council members at their meeting Wednesday that the speed limit signs posted by the borough several years ago in response to residents' concerns had not done anything to stop speeders. She presented a petition signed by neighbors asking for help due to the number of children, pets and senior citizens who live on the street.

She suggested various methods of slowing down vehicles, such as allowing parking on both sides to narrow the roadway, making Greenwood one-way, or installing some type of speed monitor or speed bump.

Officials found all of those problematic. Parking on both sides would deter firetrucks, noted council member Paul Getz, and PennDOT would have to be involved in any change in traffic patterns because Greenwood runs off a state highway, Route 65. Both police Chief Beaver Micklos and solicitor Robert McTiernan said there were liability issues with speed bumps.

Micklos said that before any decisions are made, he will install a traffic monitoring device that will collect data on how many vehicles travel the street within a seven-day period, and how fast each of them is going. He noted that, under state law, the minimum speed allowed on such a street is 25 mph, and police can not even start ticketing drivers until they hit 35 mph.