Editor: I would like to complain about trucks running up and down 216 Street in the middle of the night. It’s giving a taste of life once the interchange opens.
It’s after 11 p.m., and dump trucks are going by every 10 minutes.
Why can these trucks not use 200 Street and 88 Avenue? Why do they go down predominantly residential 216 Street?
This is why 216 Street must be removed as a truck route. There is no reason for trucks to go a different way. They don’t care about what disruption they cause in the middle of the night.
It is not the fault of the people of 216 Street that a major truck route was designated through a residential area.
That should not happen in a properly planned community.
Who in their right mind plans a neighbourhood that way? It was a mistake and should be rectified.
The trucks are now quite frequent in the middle of the night, due to the overpass construction. How much longer does it take to go via 88 Avenue and 200 Street — a couple minutes?
Not enough to give the trucking industry any consideration of letting residents of 216 Street of having a quiet summer night with the window open.
This is a prime example of why 216 Street should not be a truck route.
The trucking industry can’t be trusted to respect the peacefulness of what is essentially a residential area. The Township needs to do right by the residents of 216 Street.
John Wollenzin,
Walnut Grove
