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Downtown truck route discussion: residents urge rerouting, more safety measures as ordinance advances
Summary
Business owners and residents pressed council for stronger measures — flashing crosswalk lights, lower speeds and more enforcement — as council advanced an ordinance designating an alternative downtown truck route to third reading.
Residents and downtown business owners told the Jonesboro City Council on June 3 that heavy trucks are endangering pedestrians and taking unsafe routes through downtown, and asked for quicker implementation of an alternative truck route ordinance and additional safety measures.
George Goacher, who identified himself as a business and property owner at 308 South Main Street, said trucks are “not stopping at Huntington” and described a recent incident in which “a cement truck ... just blew right through Huntington,…
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