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The other night there were 35 Tractor-Trailers that went down Youngs Road between 5 to 9 p.m. This is a residential neighborhood not the truck lane of the NJ Turnpike. These trucks could easily be routed down Quakerbridge Road instead of down a RESIDENTIAL STREET. It is bad enough that the majority of car drive 15 to 30 above the 25 mph speed limit but now 50 to 60 Tractor-Trailers are doing the same. Why are three truck companies allowed to route their trucks down an obviously residential street? No one advised the street's residents that the truck companies have been given permission to use our street as a short-cut. What will it take before this stops? Will it take a serious or fatal injury of one of the children living on our street or in the local neighborhood before someone pays attention? No one stops for pedestrians in the crosswalk located at the corners of Deacon Drive and Youngs Road. Should I start taking down the license plate numbers for all vehicles who deliberately speed down our street and who do not stop for pedestrians in the crosswalk?
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Liz (Guest)
Four 16 Wheeler Tractor-Trailers sped down Youngs Road (between Quakerbridge Rd and Hughes Drive) between 7:30 to 8 a.m. this morning. The number of dump trucks decreased in numbers since the cold weather hit but they will resume in the spring. The majority of dump trucks are uncovered leaving walkers and bicyclists at risk of serious injury.
This is a RESIDENTIAL neighborhood not an Industrial road. There are plenty of nearby roads with the road capacity to safely handle these very heavy trucks. It is ironic that one of my neighbors was denied permission to build a reasonably large storage shed in his backyard, yet, we're subjected to over 10 ton trucks 24/7. This is an unjust situation. Do we have to wait for a death or critical injury of a resident or walker before the township puts a weight restriction on our street?
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Renee (Registered User)
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The Township police can not patrol this road 24/7. When the truckers know that the police are monitoring traffic on this section of Youngs Road, truck traffic goes down. While the bridge was out on Old Trenton Road and our road was repaved, the truckers used the New Jersey Truck Network roads without difficulties. The National Highway Network rules and regulations CLEARLY STATE THAT HEAVY TRUCKS SHOULD AVOID RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. This section of Youngs Road is clearly a residential road. The trucking companies are choosing to go down our RESIDENTIAL road with OLD homes located close to the street rather then adhere to the NJ Truck Network and the Township of Hamilton is allowing these truck companies to use our road as if it was an industrial road. They don't allow the residential neighborhoods around other commercial and industrial distribution centers between 195 and 130 in Yardville or between 195 and 33 in Hamilton Square. Except for delivery trucks to businesses on Rt. 33, heavy trucks are BANNED. Isn't it interesting that the state of NJ has restricted truck traffic on Rt. 33, a clearly business/commercial zone but the township allows heavy trucks on a clearly residential road.
What has happened to our neighborhood since HEAVY 102 Foot trucks are allowed to go down our clearly RESIDENTIAL street.On Youngs Road, you can not safely park cars on both sides of our road and riding a bicycle on our street is foolhardy and dangerous. The Township took away the crosswalk at Youngs Road and Deacon Drive which means that children going to the bus stop at that intersection do not have a "legal" safe place to cross on Youngs Road. A runner was strike by flying debris from a heavy truck which resulted in an ER visit. A 102 ft. truck jackknifed at the Youngs Road and Hughes Drive several years ago and, luckily, no one was injured or killed.
What will it take to restrict 102 ft. trucks and trucks over 4 Tons from Youngs Road? Will it take a 102 ft. truck losing control and crashing into a home resulting in death or injury of a resident or the death of a child or pedestrian before the township administration petitions the state to ban heavy trucks from this section of Youngs Road?
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