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Beaumont council approves draft truck‑route ordinance, sets public hearing
Summary
The Beaumont City Council voted unanimously Oct. 7 to approve a draft ordinance restricting heavy trucks on several city corridors, raise minimum fines for violations and direct staff to set a public hearing. Staff and a consultant recommended a 7‑ton threshold and new signage coordinated with Caltrans and neighboring Banning.
The Beaumont City Council voted unanimously on Oct. 7 to approve a draft ordinance that would prohibit heavier trucks from specified city streets, increase enforcement fines and initiate the next step in the formal ordinance process by scheduling a public hearing.
Consultant Jolene Hayes, from Fair and Piers, told the council the study team inventoried existing signage and truck traffic and recommended raising the local threshold on truck route signage from 3 tons to 7 tons. "So 7 tons feels like an appropriate limit, which is why we landed on it," Hayes said, citing examples of common delivery vehicles and increasing weights of electric delivery vans.
The draft ordinance as presented would: (1) designate prohibited corridors (including most segments of 6th Street west of Pennsylvania), (2) require updated signage and coordination with Caltrans for…
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