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Photo of a large Clean Harbors truck trying to make the turn from Rockwell Street onto one way, crowded Pleasant Street- it is just NOT possible. Happens all the time. There should be a Traffic sign on the corner of River Street & Rockwell Street saying "No trucks or Busses allowed". Someone filed a complaint about this same issue within the last year- the City's response was to remove a parking space on the left hand side of Pleasant Street. Taking away parking spaces is not the solution- trucks and busses should not be using this route as a cut across to avoid the lights on River street.
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Traffic - BMcK (Streets) (Beripikadong Opisiyal)
J Rollaz (Rehistradong User)
Kinilala Traffic - KC (Permits) (Beripikadong Opisiyal)
Isinara Traffic - PB (Engineering) (Rehistradong User)
Given the layout of the adjacent street network, a driver traveling on River Street would not save time by taking Rockwell Street to Pleasant Street. It is most likely that this truck was actually traveling to a business or a home within the neighborhood and thus would not be subject to a truck restriction in this area.
Thank you for your report.
Reopened Eileen MacLennan (Rehistradong User)
Another resident concurred with my original comment (see above). Conjecture about the drivers motives does not address the problem. Thank you! EM
J (Rehistradong User)
Eileen MacLennan (Rehistradong User)
Kinilala Traffic - DB (Signals) (Rehistradong User)
Isinara Traffic - PB (Engineering) (Rehistradong User)
The traffic department conducted a 48-hour traffic count on Rockwell Street to determine the number and size of vehicles traveling on the roadway. The count indicated that an average of 121 vehicles per day travel down Rockwell Street. Of those, 4 per day were the size of a box truck (i.e. local delivery vehicle, trash truck, etc). Zero vehicles larger than a 2-axle box truck were counted on Rockwell Street.
Implementing a truck restriction on a city street requires approval from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. Based on past experience, we do not expect that they would approve a request in this location, as it would not be enforceable. Per state law, truck restrictions do not apply for vehicles with destinations within 1/4 mile of the restricted roadway. Based on the above referenced counts, the very small number of trucks on Rockwell St most likely do have local destinations in the immediate vicinity.