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Council moves to reinstate old truck route after outreach, vows better signage and enforcement
Summary
After stakeholder meetings with truck drivers and businesses, Soledad's council voted to return to the previous truck route, directing staff to improve signage, coordinate outreach to local trucking firms and consider minor geometric updates at tight roundabout approaches.
The Soledad City Council voted May 15 to return the city’s truck route to the prior alignment after an engineering review and community outreach indicated the older route performed better on multiple safety and operational criteria.
City Engineer Leon Gomez told council the city evaluated the current and old truck routes across six criteria, and the old route "was much better" in the assessment. Staff held…
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