Committee member raises alarm about heavy trucks routing through Main Street and side streets

A committee member reported that residents of 57 Apple Street had called the borough office to complain about heavy truck traffic and unsafe routing through local side streets.

The committee member said he contacted the first selectman and that Kevin Cunningham will "address his talk to see if there's any other" steps to coordinate across towns and with the company moving equipment. "They expect all of the heavy equipment to come in off the camp by their McDonald's up there," the committee member said, and he added that truck GPS routing appears to be directing vehicles onto residential dead-end roads.

"The trucks don't have kind of GPS that does not direct them down the site," the committee member said, describing how 18-wheelers end up attempting U-turns on narrow streets and creating hazardous conditions.

The report prompted the committee member to say he had taken steps including calls and even letters to company headquarters to try to restrict truck traffic on side streets. He said the town will attempt a coordinated approach, including outreach by Kevin Cunningham and discussions with neighboring towns, to reduce impacts on residents.

No formal motion or vote was taken during the segment; the committee member described the matter as an ongoing coordination effort with town staff and external contractors. The meeting record indicates follow-up is expected from Kevin Cunningham and the first selectman, and that staff will try to identify routing options that avoid residential streets.

The committee member lso said he had checked for holiday and voting conflicts related to staffing of alternate locations and found none, but emphasized the truck-routing complaint as the primary resident concern from 57 Apple Street. The meeting closed the item with staff-directed follow-up rather than a formal directive or vote.