WEIRTON — While city officials are limited on what they can do to control speed on state roads, local law enforcement has been keeping a closer eye on traffic on one such thoroughfare in Weirton.

During Thursday’s meeting of the Weirton Traffic Commission, members discussed a recent speed study conducted on Colliers Way after receiving reports of vehicles traveling faster than the posted limits and concerns from some residents having difficulty exiting their properties.

“We’ve been running radar there and writing tickets,” Police Chief Charlie Kush reported to the commission.

Discussing the speed study itself, the commission agreed the vast majority of vehicles measured were going between 30 and 35 miles per hour, but noted there is a section on the north end of the road marked as 25 miles per hour.

Public Works Director Allen Hess said approximately 16 percent of measured vehicles were going between 35 and 40 miles per hour, and fewer than 1 percent were measured at between 51 and 55.

The study indicated approximately 30,000 vehicles per week travel on Colliers Way, with Commissioner Fred Marsh reminding others many are probably emergency vehicles, owing to the proximity of WVU Medicine Weirton Medical Center.

Commissioners said they felt it was a situation where motorists may have been traveling 35 miles per hour when exiting from U.S. Route 22, and not realizing there is a reduction in the speed limit.

“That’s really what’s happening,” said Commissioner Bill Visnic. “It almost seems like the classic definition of a speed trap.”

Commissioners agreed, as Colliers Way is a state road, the city has no authority to adjust the speed limit, but urged caution about getting the West Virginia Division of Highways involved.

“They have their own studies they do,” Hess said.

Marsh recalled a situation in the 1980s where state officials were contacted about adjusting the speed limit on Culler Road following an automobile crash, and opted to increase the speed limit there.

Instead, the commission recommends Kush have the officers with the Weirton Police Department continue their efforts to monitor traffic, with the additional use of one of the city’s speed trailers.

“If anything, it will help remind people,” Hess said.

In other business Thursday, commissioners agreed to recommend the establishment of a dedicated disability parking space for 105 Weirview St.