Commissioner Wants Municipalitywide Approach To Traffic

There are no easy solutions toward fixing/calming/rerouting burgeoning traffic loads on the streets of Mt. Lebanon, but Commissioner Dan Miller is hoping that, for starters, the municipality can avoid the quick-and-expensive route.

"We need a municipalwide approach," said Mr. Miller, a first-term commissioner for the 5th Ward, which includes some of Mt. Lebanon's busiest roads.

Residents at a recent commissioners' meeting spoke of frightening encounters between cars and pedestrians, of vehicles hitting trees and running up onto sidewalks.

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