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Resident urges Abbeville to add truck-route signs after repeated large-truck intrusions
Summary
Resident Aaron Borell told the council 18-wheelers are using residential streets near Lafayette and Maine avenues, striking signs and curbs; council committed to evaluate additional signage and enforcement with public works and police.
At the July 1 Abbeville City Council meeting, resident Aaron Borell urged the council and staff to install more truck-route signage to keep 18-wheelers off Lafayette and Maine avenues. Borell said trucks have come within feet of her house, struck stop signs and street signs, and in some cases cannot make turns because of parked cars.
"There's not a single sign from the city limits ... that says this is not a truck route," Borell said, describing video and photographic evidence she has supplied to the city. Council members and staff agreed signage exists in parts of the city but noted enforcement gaps; public works and police said they would meet to evaluate additional signs and possible enforcement measures.
Staff cautioned that more permanent physical changes such as bollards or stanchions would likely be considered as part of planned Main Street improvements and are not immediate actions. The council committed to have public works evaluate signage locations and return with recommendations; no formal ordinance or enforcement change was adopted at the meeting.
