ZELIENOPLE — Borough residents may see traffic flow changes soon.

Borough council voted Monday night for an ordinance to install stop signs at several intersections and to make Peach Street a one-way road northbound to Hazel Street. The decision to have stop signs installed comes after studies by the borough.

Streets considered for stop signs include these intersections: both eastbound and westbound lanes of McKim Street approaching Peach Street, both northbound and southbound lanes of Perry Way approaching Evans Road, both northbound and southbound lanes of Linden Street approaching Pine Street and both eastbound and westbound lanes of Hazel Street approaching Peach Street.

Borough engineer Tom Thompson said resident complaints and sight distance difficulty for intersections caused by trees and vehicle parking on the streets are the reason studies were done.

Thompson said eight signs may be installed and that flashing lights on some signs is possible.

“You either clear all the trees or you put stop signs up,” Thompson said. “From a feasibility standpoint, it would be easier to put stop signs up at those locations.”

The potential to make Peach Street into a one-way street northbound to Hazel Street also comes from a traffic study.

Both streets intersect West Beaver Street at different, yet adjacent points.

Police Chief Jim Miller said the problem is the positioning of the stop sign on Pine Street, which may confuse drivers pulling out onto West Beaver Street.

Drivers turning right from West Beaver Street onto Pine Street are faced with a blind spot on their right side.

Miller also said action on the ordinance should be done quickly since the public works department has identified the problem.

“If we let this go for one month or two months from now and there’s an accident and it comes back that public works has identified a problem, then we have a civil liability,” he said.

Council members said they want to speak with Peach Street residents before acting.

“We should not be making this one-way without talking to those residents,” Councilman Mary Hess said.

“Anytime that we convert a street to one-way, it may impact the residential population on those streets,” Councilman Gregg Semel said. “I surely wouldn’t pass this without getting some feedback from people who live on that block.”

Council voted to advertise the change and to talk with residents.