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Residents press commission for truck counts and calming study on Nixon and Parmenter roads
Summary
Longtime residents described narrow, historic road geometry, frequent heavy trucks, and repeated crashes on Nixon and Parmenter roads; the commission asked staff to gather truck data and continue the petition for discussion at the next meeting.
Joseph Simonelli, a Nixon Road resident and licensed civil engineer, told the commission that Nixon Road’s narrow, historic geometry and frequent truck traffic create a persistent safety hazard and repeated pavement damage.
Simonelli said the roadway predates motor vehicles and was never designed for the volumes and sizes of modern truck traffic. He and other speakers described truck drivers using GPS routing that brings heavy loads through Nixon,…
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