A vehicle waits on Branchton Road while traffic travels Route 8 in Slippery Rock Township in July. PennDOT has informed township supervisors that a traffic study of the intersection does not warrant a need for speed limitations. Butler Eagle File Photo

SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — A stretch of Route 8 that intersects with Branchton Road will not become a reduced-speed zone.

The township’s board of supervisors received a letter from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation stating a traffic study conducted starting in October did not show a need for a speed-limit reduction.

There is a flashing light near the intersection to regulate traffic, painted lines that highlight the smaller lanes and flashing stop signs along Branchton Road. A sign in the northbound lane warns drivers of the upcoming intersection, setting a speed limit of 35 miles per hour.

“PennDOT still has mitigation out there,” Paul Dickey, supervisor chairman, said at a meeting Monday. “As far as I am concerned, I think we’re not going to pursue anything else.

“They’re doing mitigations out there, and we’ll see how it works.”

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