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Resident warns proposed State Road 141 truck route would increase danger and legal exposure
Summary
At the public forum, Katie Taylor urged the council not to adopt a truck route along State Road 141, citing a five-way intersection with a prior fatal crash history, a blind corner near Keeley Quarry and limited municipal insurance coverage that could expose the town to costly lawsuits.
In public comment, resident Katie Taylor told the council she strongly opposes establishing a city-designated truck route along State Road 141, arguing the change would channel heavy truck traffic through an already dangerous five-way intersection and a blind corner near Keeley Quarry.
"Sending nearly all the big trucks through this intersection is much more dangerous than sending them through Main Street," Taylor said, referencing a 2009 crash that killed two teenagers at the five-way intersection and arguing the town’s insurance exposure would increase if the route were adopted.
Taylor also complained that police would have difficulty enforcing a route designation because officers would need to determine origin and destination on individual traffic stops; she warned that litigation risk and the town’s limited chance of prevailing in a suit were serious financial considerations.
Council members took the comments under advisement. The exchange represents a formal public objection that the council may factor into any future deliberations about truck-routing policy or local traffic restrictions; no vote on a truck-route ordinance occurred during the meeting.
