UPDATE (4/22/25): I noticed a speed sign on a trailer located on Davis Lane in the Country Bend neighborhood. I also heard that it was also on Yorshire Dr in the Woods of Saxony neighborhood. I assume it's the same sign moving from location to location. Thanks Chief!
At the 9 April 2025 Newtown Board of Supervisors meeting, supervisor Mack asked Police Chief Hearn about installing speed indicator signs in the Woods of Saxony (WOS) and Country Bend (CB) Neighborhoods.
Yorkshire Dr and Davis Ln, respectively, in these neighborhoods, are used as shortcuts from Lower Dolington Rd to Washington Crossing Rd and Linton Hill Rd, respectively. And to be effective as shortcuts, cars must speed through these neighborhoods. Pole-mounted speed indicator signs - such as the ones used in the Borough - would help especially since decoy police cars and the trailer-mounted speed sign cannot be deployed for long periods on these roads.
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In comments to me about this issue via email, Chief Hearn said:
"The old signs that monitor speed that are owned by Newtown are between 10-15 years old and "battery" operated. They last only a couple of days at best, and we do not deploy them in the winter months because the battery life is dramatically less with the cold climate, and they fail to work. As the weather breaks, the signs are placed at problem areas by our own staff in the early morning hours, attached to an already mounted street sign, and removed again when charging needs to take place, usually in a couple to a few days at most.
"The one you mention in the borough (pic attached) is a newer fixture which includes a solar mounted panel, the speed sign, a new dedicated pole mounted to the sidewalk which is located on Washington Avenue as you enter the borough from Newtown-Yardley Road. I would have to obtain a quote from our vendors but I suppose based on previous inquiries the entire system (for 1 unit) would be nearly $10k each or more depending on who installs the pole, and the features we would desire within the monitor.
"I do think a "prosperous" town like Newtown should have the capability to afford these types of new technologies and equipment, but this is not my wheelhouse."