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Resident urges axle-limit signage for Hungry Hill after seeing loaded cattle trucks
Summary
A resident told the council she saw two loaded cattle trucks repeatedly on Hungry Hill despite posted weight limits and urged the city to add axle limits and signage so officers can cite large rigs and protect residential streets.
Bruceville-Eddy — Joyce McLaughlin told the council during public comment that she encountered "two loaded cattle trucks" on Hungry Hill while delivering food to a shut-in and asked the council to consider axle limits and signage to prevent 18-wheelers from using the residential road.
"I was delivering food to a shut in on Hungry Hill over the holidays, and there were two loaded cattle trucks that I had to get around on Hungry Hill, and they are not supposed to be on that road," McLaughlin said. She said a weight-limit sign exists but suggested axle-count limits so officers could issue warnings or citations specifically for large rigs.
Chief (speaker 11) and city staff later discussed enforcement options at length during the staff reports. The chief said the department is willing to help enforce and assist residents and that the city could consider ordinances designating truck routes and allowing citations for vehicles that travel off designated routes. The city administrator said past practice in other cities involved adopting truck-route ordinances and erecting signs to direct trucking traffic away from residential streets.
Council did not take immediate formal action on the Hungry Hill request at the meeting but staff indicated they would research ordinances and enforcement options and bring draft language for consideration.
