Adams Township will purchase eight new radar speed signs in an effort to curb speeding on township roads.

The Board of Supervisors approved the purchase for $22,786 at a meeting on Monday night.

Assistant chief of police Bob Scanlon said that the purchase is within the budget, and that the department was able to get a discount of over $4,000 by purchasing eight signs at once.

“We have found that to be a very effective means of trying to reduce speed,” Board of Supervisors member Ron Shemela said at the meeting.

The signs are solar-powered, and are moveable, so officers will be able to move them to different parts of the township based on reports of dangerous driving.

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