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Board amends truck route to divert semis from Church Road near Lander Center
Summary
The Southaven Board of Aldermen approved an amendment to the city's truck route ordinance to reduce truck left turns on Church Road and remove Pepperchase and Venture Drive from the truck route to protect roads around the future hotel/convention center at the Lander Center.
The Board of Aldermen voted to amend the city's truck route ordinance to reduce truck left turns on Church Road and to remove Pepperchase and Venture Drive from the designated truck route.
The change, presented by the mayor and discussed with city staff and the city attorney, is intended to minimize truck left turns on Church Road and to protect roads around the Lander Center site, which the mayor said "will now become a hotel convention center." The board approved the amendment after a motion by Alderman Payne and a second by Alderman Hoots.
City officials noted the recent MDOT traffic signal installation on Highway 51 and said the new signal will allow the city to better direct truck traffic onto Highway 51. "The purpose for doing that is to remove, to minimize left turns by trucks there," the mayor said during the item. The mayor also said the city has placed reader boards on Church Road to inform drivers of the change and "get everybody prepared for the change."
The board voted by roll call; the motion carried. The amendment specifically removes Pepperchase and Venture Drive from the truck route and prohibits them from being designated truck routes. The board said it also made minor technical tweaks to the ordinance language but described the Pepperchase and Venture Drive changes as the "biggest changes."
No statutory citations or required state approvals were mentioned during the discussion. City staff said they would implement the routing changes and use on-street reader boards to notify drivers.
