The mayor of East Greenville claims the location of a newly placed Wayfinding sign near the entrance to Borough Hall has created sightline concerns for drivers. "It's a danger," Keith Gerhart said during last week's public meeting.

            Gerhart informed the audience and council members on April 16 that he told Luanne Stauffer, president of the Upper Perkiomen Chamber of Commerce, the organization which developed the sign program, that the placard had to be moved. Municipal officials hope to fix the issue by addressing the chamber at the next council meeting, according to a text from Gerhart.

            However, Stauffer disputes the mayor's assertion. On Thursday, April 19, she expressed with "a lot of  confidence" that the sign installed near the intersection of Second and Main Streets in East Greenville has not created any issues for drivers. Four days later, she suggested that officials from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation examine the situation.

            "That would be the best solution," Stauffer said Monday afternoon.

            Drew Skelton, chief of the Borough of East Greenville Police Department, said his department has received no complaints of visibility issues related to the sign.

            According to Stauffer, nearly everyone on her staff checked the location of the identification sign while riding in a "high car" and a "low car." She said no one noticed any problems.

            During the public meeting, Gerhart, who claimed he received three citizen complaints on April 13, said he watched traffic at the intersection for an hour on April 14 and saw two vehicles nearly pull out into oncoming traffic. He explained that the visibility is limited when cars park along Main Street.

            Stauffer claims that a shrub on a private residence near the intersection is the cause of the problem. She said that if and when a sign creates visibility issues, the chamber officials have factored in some contingencies to deal with the issue.

            Relocating the sign, which is owned by the borough, would cost approximately $2,000, according to Stauffer. She said the program does not include money earmarked for removing signs.

            Of the 80 signs installed throughout the Upper Perkiomen Valley as part of the program, chamber officials have been forced to double-check five, according to Stauffer. She said three have been removed. Welcome signs in Seisholtzville and Palm were initially placed too close to a mailbox and a home. Additionally, a third installation in Sumneytown will be resolved when PennDOT completes the replacement of a proximate bridge, Stauffer wrote in an email.