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Residents report heavy truck traffic, Jake-brake noise on Beacon Light Road; city cites enforcement and staffing limits
Summary
Residents said semis and construction trucks use Beacon Light Road at all hours, creating noise and safety concerns; the mayor and chief explained that as a minor arterial the road allows heavy vehicles and that the city lacks staffing to continuously enforce limits.
Several residents raised noise, speed and truck-volume concerns about Beacon Light Road during the Jan. 13 town hall. Winslow Johnson, who lives “two houses away from Beacon Light,” said he recorded trucks and counted “57 trucks an hour” during peak summer periods and said “Jake brakes are being used without a load” close to residential areas, forcing him to work with noise-cancelling headphones at home.
Johnson said heavy traffic begins “at 3 o’clock in the morning” and runs through the evening during weekdays, and described videos of…
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