Saucon Source (https://sauconsource.com/category/traffic/)
Strong winds accompanying a powerful cold front moved through the Hellertown area Friday, causing sporadic power outages, bringing down branches and rattling windows
Firefighters raced to the scene of a truck fire at the intersection of Main and Water streets in Hellertown borough a little after 1 p.m. Saturday.
Hellertown pedestrians and motorists may have noticed construction around a number of intersections in town this week. The orange cones, safety fencing and dug-up sections of sidewalk may be an unsightly inconvenience right now, but the project they represent is a good one, say borough officials.
Motorists driving through Upper Saucon Township on Rt. 309 may encounter delays as a result of work taking place at a busy intersection Monday, PennDOT announced.
Excessive noise can be a nuisance, but deciding what constitutes “loud” can be highly subjective, which is why Hellertown officials hope to implement a plan that will result in more exact limits on–and measurements of–various sounds around town.
A small section of an Upper Saucon Township road will be closed most of April, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced Friday.
Two motorists who allegedly ignored the state’s school bus stopping law will receive citations that could result in hefty fines and as well as the automatic suspension of their driving privileges for 60 days, Lower Saucon Township Police said Thursday.
The public works department in Fountain Hill is getting a helping hand from Mother Nature this week as crews attempt to remove large snow piles from borough streets.
Have you been able to drive easily through Hellertown lately or park along Main Street without a problem? If so, you can thank the borough’s public works department for that.
Some local students were kept at school because their bus couldn’t reach their regular stops, and trash collection in one borough was postponed due to what officials in a phone message called “larger than expected snowfall” from Monday’s predicted winter storm.
Tuesday night’s predicted ice storm never materialized, but lovers of snow and ice need not fret. Yet another winter storm has set its sights on Pennsylvania, with the next round of winter weather forecast to begin late Wednesday night and continue into Friday.
