Controversy over new traffic bollards

New concrete traffic bollards, are causing some controversy in the Glendale section of Scott Township, Pennsylvania. It’s not the function, but the form.



The bollards, were installed on Carothers and Finley avenues in the Glendale section of Scott to prevent wayward traffic from running into yards and structures. But the elongated shape and rounded top of the bollards has drawn some derision.



"People are laughing about them. They're calling it Penis Road," Glendale resident Pat Martin told the township commissioners on Tuesday. Commissioner Bill Wells wondered whether the tops of the offending bollards could be flattened. "I think it would improve the appearance," he said. Commissioner Pat Caruso attributed some of the remarks to people with "weird minds."


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"People need to get their minds out of the gutters," Carnegie manager Steve Beuter said of the remarks about the bollards. Meanwhile, Al Parente, who lives on Magazine Street, said he was worried about the spacing of the bollards. "I think those posts are too far apart. I think a small car like a Volkswagen could get through," he said.