In order to expedite the flow of traffic and to promote traffic
safety and the public welfare, the following regulations with respect
to turns at the specified intersections are hereby enacted.
A.
Each of the four approaches to the intersection of Main Street with
the following streets, namely, Church Road, Line Street, Broad Street
and Valley Forge Road (Franconia Avenue) shall be separated into two
lanes, the one nearest the curb to be known as the outside lane and
the one nearest the center line as the inside lane. Subject to the
traffic signals controlling the intersections aforesaid, persons operating
motor vehicles therein and the approaches thereto shall observe the
following regulations:
(1)
All right-hand turns shall be made from the outside lane.
(2)
All left-hand turns shall be made from the inside lane.
(3)
All through traffic shall use the inside lane when traveling east
on Main Street at Church Road and west on East Main Street at Lansdale
Avenue. In all other cases, through traffic shall use the outside
lane.
B.
At the intersection of West Main Street and Walnut Street, left turns
from West Main Street to Walnut Street shall be prohibited between
the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., except Sundays and holidays;
and, when otherwise made, shall be made from the middle lane of West
Main Street only.
C.
At the intersection of East Hancock Street with South Broad Street
as to westbound traffic, all right turns north on South Broad Street
and all through traffic shall be from the outside lane only, and all
left turns south on South Broad Street from East Hancock Street shall
be from the center lane only.
D.
At the intersection of Vine Street with South Broad Street, all left
turns from Vine Street to South Broad Street shall be from the center
lane of Vine Street only, and all right turns shall be from the right
lane of Vine Street. Such markings of arrows and/or lanes on Vine
Street and such signs, all to give notice of this regulation, shall
be painted and installed as the Public Safety Committee shall specify.
E.
Any provision in this chapter or any amendments thereto to the contrary
notwithstanding, pursuant to the provisions of the Vehicle Code of
Pennsylvania, Act of June 17, 1976, P.L. 162, Section 3112(a)(3)(ii),[1] vehicular traffic facing a steady red signal may enter
the intersection to turn right or to turn left from a one-way roadway
onto a one-way roadway after stopping, except that, further pursuant
to the provisions of said Vehicle Code and Permit Nos. 917 and 919
issued by the Department of Transportation, no turn on red signal
shall be permitted for vehicles traveling in any direction at the
intersection of Main Street and Broad Street and the intersection
of West Main Street and Valley Forge Road, and the installation of
official no-turn-on-red signs at the proper locations at said intersections
giving notice of this prohibition is hereby authorized.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3112(a)(3)(ii).
F.
At the intersection of East Hancock Street with South Line Street,
as to eastbound traffic, all left turns onto South Line Street shall
be from the left lane only, and all through traffic shall be from
the right lane only. The left lane shall be designated as 150 long
by 10 feet wide, with appropriate signs and pavement markings.
Any operator of any motor vehicle violating the provisions of
this article shall be guilty of a violation of this article and subject
to the penalties hereinafter provided.
