A Hills at Devonshire resident has asked the Salisbury Township Board of Commissioners to consider improvements for Devonshire Park.

Pointing to continuing improvements of the township’s Lindberg Park, Phillip Bernard urged commissioners to upgrade Devonshire Park.

Saying he’s a 30-year resident of the Hills at Devonshire, Bernard said, “The park in the Hills at Devonshire hasn’t been improved in 30 years.”

He said the children’s playground gym is old and that there is no walking trail. “I feel it’s being ignored. Lindberg’s beautiful. Ours is not,” Bernard said.

“Maintaining the integrity of a residential area reflects well on the tax base,” Bernard said at the Sept. 13 board of commissioners meeting.

Salisbury Township Manager Cathy Bonaskiewich said she has requested that Devonshire, off 33rd Street Southwest, be looked at for possible improvements.

“Devonshire is on track for new playground equipment,” Bonaskiewich said.

Bonaskiewich said Lindberg improvements are part of the Lindberg Park Master Plan.

“We have started a plan for Laubach because that’s an older park and needs some TLC,” Bonaskiewich said, referring to the William H. Laubach and Franko Farm Master Plan.

Two walking trails have been installed at Lindberg Park.

Phase Three includes a new pavilion in Lindberg. There will be Americans With Disabilities-compliant bathrooms.

Phase Four includes improvements to the parking lot, with a drop-off area, as well as a new playground and pickle ball courts.

The Lindberg Park project was to cost an estimated $3 million over 10 years. Work on the Lindberg Park Master Plan began in 2011, based on the township parks, recreation and open space plan. Public hearings on the Lindberg Park Master Plan were held in 2012.

As part of the project, commissioners voted unanimously 5-0 at the Sept. 13 meeting to approve a motion made by Commissioner Joanne Ackerman and seconded by James Seagreaves, to approve Payment No. 2 to Kobalt Construction, Inc., for Lindberg Park Phase 4 contract work in the amount of $49,828.50 and Payment No.1 to Kobalt Construction for Lindberg Park Phase 3 contract work in the amount of $22,798.80.

Bernard said street light standards in the Hills at Devonshire need maintenance. Commissioners said the light standards are maintained by PPL.

By consensus, commissioners authorized Bonaskiewich to contact PPL concerning the condition of the light standards. It was suggested that Hills at Devonshire residents also contact PPL.

“Cathy [Bonaskiewich] and I have talked about changing to LED lighting. It would save money,” Salisbury Township Chief of Police Allen W. Stiles said.

PPL provides light poles, but the township is billed for the electricity for the lighting.

Bernard said the poles holding the lights need to be painted: “They’re shop-worn. They’ve turned into eyesores. The one across the street is leaning at a 15-degree angle.”

Bernard said vehicular traffic is increasing and vehicle operators do not obey the 25 mph speed limit on Country Club Road.

“Last year, a guy ran into the back of my vehicle as I was pulling into my driveway,” Bernard said.

Bernard urged increased township police traffic patrols along Country Club Road. “Changing their mindsets is done by giving tickets,” Bernard said.

Board of Commissioners President Robert Martucci Jr. asked Stiles about Country Club Road traffic patrols.

“It’s a little different today. Most people don’t care. Often, it’s people who live there,” Stiles said of excessive vehicle speeds.

“Salisbury is a rural community. We don’t have a street on which you can hang banners. It really is a residential community,” Bernard said during the 30-minute discussion that was part of the Sept. 13 meeting’s courtesy of the floor portion.

Vance Bowers requested police patrols to improve safety during weekly bus drop-off and pickup times of Salisbury Township School District students in the vicinity of Lindberg Avenue, Lincoln Avenue and Flexer Avenue.

Several commissioners recommended Bowers contact the school district to see if the bus stop could be relocated.

Stiles said it is difficult to apprehend drivers of vehicles exceeding resident area speed limits because local police are not allowed to use hand-held radar guns in Pennsylvania, the only state in the nation to not allow this use.

Stiles noted township police have increased traffic enforcement in the casino corridor on the township’s east side. “We’ve made a lot of impact. But those grant monies are running out.”

With the township police department still having a vacancy and about to fill a new position, “We’ve had to pull our traffic unit and put it on patrol,” Stiles said.

Bowers said there is a lack of sidewalks in the Lindberg Avenue and Lincoln Avenue areas.

Lynn Sfanos asked about the condition of the resurfaced Mountain Park Road. Salisbury Township Department of Public Works Director John Andreas noted the surface has smoothed out.

Western Salisbury Fire Chief Joshua G. Wells noted the 10th annual Community Day was to be held Sept. 15 in Green Acres Park.

Stiles, in his report to commissioners, said the next “Cops ‘n’ Coffee” program is 1-3 p.m. Oct. 3 at Starbucks, South Mall.

The annual Lehigh Valley Health Network Via Marathon, which traverses portions of the township, went well Sept. 9, according to Stiles, with an estimated 3,000 participating.

The Salisbury High School “Homecoming Parade” is Oct. 12, Stiles said.

Also at the Sept. 13 meeting, commissioners voted 5-0 on a motion made by Commissioner Rodney Conn and seconded by Ackerman to approve Payment No. 2 to Barrasso Excavation, Inc. for the Water Main Replacement Project in the amount of $234,155.99. “Everything’s going very well,” Salisbury Township Consulting Engineer David J. Tettemer, of Keystone Consulting Engineers, Inc., said.

Commissioners met in an executive session after the Sept. 13 meeting for personnel matters, Martucci said.