The Sugar Creek Board of Aldermen held off on passing an ordinance that would restrict semi-trucks driving down Sterling Avenue and Kentucky Road.
The ordinance was ready for a final vote. Sugar Creek Mayor Stanley Salva told aldermen that delaying the final vote would give TransWood Carriers, Inc., a Nebraska-based trucking company, an opportunity to review the ordinance. Also, the delay would give Lafarge North America, the company that TransWood trucks provides services for, a chance to review the ordinance, Salva said.
TransWood officials have asked for a meeting to discuss the ordinance with city officials. That meeting was supposed to be last week but was canceled, Salva said.
The ordinance may be voted on in March.
Numerous cement and gasoline trucks drive down Sterling Avenue, through the city’s business district. The trucks are coming through residential areas, too.
This is creating excessive dust that’s coming from the trucks, and the road is taking a constant pounding from the heavy machines, Salva said.
“They’re cutting through the city and they don’t need to be cutting through here,” Salva said. “There’s no reason for the Lafarge trucks to be on Sterling because they have other ways of coming in and out through Kentucky Road.”
If passed, no truck would be allowed to drive down Sterling Avenue unless it weights less than 10,000 pounds.
Basically, the ordinance disallows trucks driving in downtown Sugar Creek, both on Sterling Avenue and Kentucky Road. Sterling Avenue becomes Kentucky Road the further north you drive.
