Mahoning Township continues to monitor the potential addition of speed detectors to cut down on speeding in the township.

Supervisor Myron Blahy said at Wednesday’s board of supervisors meeting that township police Chief Audie Mertz was looking into the situation.

“I think this is maybe an answer to some of our problems,” Blahy said. “I think this would be a deterrent.”

However, Supervisor Deb McGowan clearly didn’t see things that way.

“This will not (solve) the speeding problem,” McGowan said. “I disagree.”

Instead, McGowan suggested another approach.

“That’s what we have a police department for,” she said. “Get them out on the streets.”

But Blahy remained steadfast in his belief.

“I’ve seen this in a lot of municipalities, and I think it’s a deterrent,” he said. “It’s not that expensive.”

In June, Blahy said that Mertz was checking on prices to buy a radar speed sign to help monitor speed.

Blahy noted at that time that Palmerton has a radar speed sign, and that it has helped them. Neighboring Slatington Borough has as well.

Blahy said the goal is for a sign to serve as a deterrent to help slow speeding traffic.

In March, supervisors said they believed more police department visibility was the key to cracking down on speeding in the township.

Board Chairman Robert Slaw said at that time that trucks in the township have been speeding. McGowan said speeding also exists on Seneca Road.

McGowan said at that time she believed part of the problem with visibility is due to the department’s unmarked vehicles.