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Commission weighs truck-route designations, Cheyenne and Liberty Boulevard improvements
Summary
Commissioners discussed truck-route mapping, requested map-label corrections (Southgate), and debated whether corridors such as Radar Hill Road should be designated truck routes; staff said pavement and design can be built to handle heavy axle loads but designation is a policy choice and DOT controls some access points on Liberty Boulevard.
The commission reviewed truck-route mapping and several corridor-designation questions. Staff noted truck routes are indicated in orange and local traffic in yellow on the draft maps and corrected a road name (Commercial Gate Road is officially Southgate). Commissioners asked that numbered bullets and map legends be clarified to avoid misplacement of route markers.
Discussion focused on whether specific corridors (including Radar Hill Road) should be formally designated as truck routes. Commissioners raised practical questions about pavement strength and frequency of truck traffic; one commissioner said trucks currently run on the corridor "10 times per hour." Staff said the redesigned pavements would be engineered for heavy axle loads (e.g., to take a 10-ton load per axle) but that formally labeling a road a truck route is a policy decision for the commission and council to shape. On Liberty Boulevard, staff said some access points were set by DOT and that the city is pursuing a design for the Liberty/North Ellsworth intersection (signal versus roundabout) with design funding available but not construction money. The commission asked staff to better label maps and to consider sequencing and priorities for truck-route designation as design work progresses.
