Right turns on red are headed for a ban in both directions at North Broad and Doyle streets, the intersection right outside Borough Hall in downtown Doylestown.

Borough Council voted unanimously the week of Aug. 18 to advertise an ordinance prohibiting the turns after the Central Bucks Regional Police Department flagged repeated conflicts between trucks and other vehicles at the intersection, Central Bucks Now reported.

The problem, according to borough documents: drivers waiting to turn right on red sometimes creep past the marked stop bars, leaving trucks too little room to complete their own turns through the intersection. The police department requested the restriction to cut the resulting congestion.

The ordinance would cover both movements at the intersection, which sits at 10 Doyle Street in the heart of the borough's commercial district. Drivers would no longer be able to turn right on red from Doyle Street onto North Broad Street or from North Broad Street onto Doyle Street.

PennDOT has already signed off. Council previously authorized the borough to apply to the state for permission to impose the restriction, and that approval came through before the council's advertising vote.

The ban is not yet in effect.

Council must vote a second time to formally adopt the ordinance before "No Turn on Red" signs go up. The borough has not announced a date for that adoption vote, and individual council members' positions were not detailed in available public records.

The right-on-red restriction is the latest in a string of downtown traffic actions this year. In May, Council awarded a $552,989.95 contract to modernize the intersection of West State, West Court and Clinton streets, funded in part by a $340,995 state Green Light-Go grant.

Residents can check the borough meeting calendar at doylestownborough.net for the next Council meeting date and opportunities to comment before the final adoption vote.