A road too often traveled
The addition of Southpointe has brought an influx of new businesses and growth to the Canonsburg area. It also has brought a lot of traffic with it as well.
People who work in Southpointe have devised ways to avoid the traffic that accumulates on and off exits ramps onto Interstate 79. They travel the backroads through local neighborhoods that now have become turnpikes for people who are driving to and from work. A popular route is taking First Street in Canonsburg up to Gladden Road, then onto McEwen Road through the Alto Piano development and eventually onto Network Drive in Southpointe. Hundreds of cars speed through this route to Southpointe every day, many not obeying stop signs.
Some neighborhoods now see an all-day, continuous flow of cars. People who own homes on these roads can no longer let their children play in their front yards, or enjoy some peace and quiet because of the traffic. Therefore, you are seeing are homes located on this route being put up for sale, and the ones who are committed to staying have signs on their front yards reading, “slow down, children at play.”
There was never supposed to be a way into Southpointe using this route. The people who approved this road do not live on it, and don’t have to tolerate the traffic and the danger it brings. If they did, it never would have been built.
Dom Broglia
Canonsburg