Excess tractor trailer use in the last 4 months or so. To avoid Westfield tolls.

Conditions the same. Tractor trailers 24 / 7 on entire length of Homestead Ave causing damage. No reason for these vechicles to be on this road. Avoiding Westfield turnpike tolls and lame duck Mayor doing nothing. His office even told me that homestead avenue between Cherry Street and Westfield road was a state highway. I called the DOT and they tell me that it is Town road and the truck shouldn't be there.

Homestead Ave from Westfield road to Cherry St. is being destroyed by excess Tractor trailer use for avoiding the Westfield tolls. Seams are opening the entire length, the curb boxes are being pushed down, manholes are being compressed down, yards are being drivien on and damaged and the Mayor who has been notified many times just ignores us. He lies and tells me it is RT 202 and the State owns it and the Mass DOT says it is a city road so we will be in the near future when water gets into all the cracks and broken seams next spring and creates pot holes and damage that will necessitate repaving at the Holyoke tax payers expense or a broken water main because the road is being compressed causing the curb box near house number 93 to be 2 inches above the surface and the heavy traffic continually driving over it and causing it to press down on the city water main. If the Mayor wold get off his buut and drive from the DHL Depot to Homestead Ave he will see the that entire RT 202 route is being compressed by these tractor trailer and other heavy commercial traffic. If you placed a straight edge across the road you would probably measure 2 inches of compression.
These trucks are destroying our neighborhood road and at the same time avoiding the tolls to the Turnpike in Westfied, the road they should be traveling on. Mr. Mayor it is time for you to do your job and coordinate with the State over this problem. One solution is do like the rest of Homestead Ave and ban Commercial vehicles at night. This would be a start in addressing lost State Revenues and help prevent premature destruction of our neighborhood road and the cost to Holyoke taxpayers for the repaving cost not caused by NORMAL usage..

Leave open. Not done. Most likely COVID

Leave open. Is there a plan of correction?

Is there a plan to repave Homestead Ave. When there is I will be happy to close

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