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Detroit residents urge citywide truck-route ordinance and stronger enforcement
Summary
Dozens of callers at the Public Health & Safety Committee praised recent Southwest Detroit truck restrictions and pressed the council to expand protections citywide, citing cleaner air, fewer nighttime disturbances and health impacts in neighborhoods facing reindustrialization.
Dozens of Detroit residents told the Public Health & Safety Committee on Oct. 3 that recent truck-route limits in Southwest Detroit have markedly reduced noise and pollution and that the city must expand and enforce those limits across neighborhoods.
Supporters including Ed Geese of ZIP code 48209 and Eden Bloom of the East Side said truck traffic has declined where restrictions were enacted and demanded the same protections for other districts. "We have seen a decrease in truck traffic. It has been good," said Lucas Aguirre, a…
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