Road barriers are blocking the diverters in East College Heights on
:North Allen Street and Adams Avenue as crews work on them. The
Bumpy diverters block emergency vehicles
Py CHRISTINE KOSOVAC
Collegian Staff Writer
The State College Borough is trying to
smooth out a bumpy situation.
Crews began altering the East College
'Heights traffic diverters this week to make
,them more accessible for emergency vehicles,
,aid Borough Manager Peter Marshall.
The original diverters were designed to be
',mountable by emergency vehicles in an emer
'gency situation including police cars, said Lt.
Tom Hart of the State College Police Depart
ment.
When tests were conducted earlier this sum
mer to measure the ability of police cars to
travel over the diverters, the conclusion
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reached was that police cars were able to drive
over them.
However, the diverters were too "bumpy" for
police cars to handle, Marshall said.
Although some people raised questions about
the ability of emergency vehicles to pass over
the diverters, Marshall said, the fatal accident
which killed two people Saturday on North
Allen Street and stockpiled traffic for hours
had no bearing on the decision.
State College Police Chief Tom King was
unable to be reached for comment.
"What's changed?" asked Rick Tetzlaff, presi
dent of Citizens for Public Access, a political
action group against the diverters. He referred
to a June 2 vote by the State College Borough
Council to maintain, as originally constructed,
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diverters were altered this week to make them accessible to emergency
vehicles.
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the diverters placed at the intersection of
Mitchell Avenue and Thomas Street and at the
North Allen Street-Adams Street intersection.
"Why were we told over a year ago that emer
gency vehicles were able to go over them? Tet
zlaff questioned. "Now, all of a sudden, they
can't."
The centers of the diverters are being
reduced so emergency vehicles may pass, but it
will remain difficult for smaller vehicles to
drive over the diverters. The center poles will
be replaced with poles that will break away
upon impact.
"If they (the borough) really want to make it
accessible to emergency vehicles take them
out. Then there's no question," Tetzlaff said.
"Emergency vehicles won't have a problem."
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