Oak St Petition - truck trafficFebruary 25th, 2002
To Mayor Terry Duggan,
We are writing to you expressing our concerns over the constant flow of dump trucks
that have been dumping their loads on the end of Oak Street since last summer. Ever
since Perry's Construction purchased this land we have had excessive mounts of dump
trucks and pick-up tracks on our newly blacktopped street. They have been dumping
blacktop, chunks of cement, dirt, limbs, and materials from construction on the purchased
land. The dump trucks start dumping at 7:00am and stop around 9:30pm. When the
previous owner still owned the land he was told by the city to clean up his land of papers
and other debris. Why should Perry's Construction get away with dumping this debris on
the land when the previous owner couldn't have paper floating around?
River City Paving Division told the property owners last summer that the dump trucks
will eventually ruin the newly blacktopped road. As taxpayers when the damage is done
to the street who will be footing the bill? This used to be a quiet street with only the
traffic of 5 houses. Now we have the vibrations of our windows and the noise from the
dump trucks keeping us, and a terminally ill woman from getting any peace and quiet.
We tried contacting several people from City Hall and was told nothing could be done.
Our question to you is would you like to live on a street that used to be like an alley
where our children could play in the street and now it is not safe anymore? Back to the
question we asked earlier who will be paying for the new street when it is ruined by the
excessive usage by dump trucks? How are you going to resolve this problem? Please
reply to this letter.
Sincerely,
The property owners of Oak St.
Richard W Hillebrand 976 Oak St
mr & Mrs Dan Walber 965 Oak St
Esther Wisner 925 Oak st
Cecile Rupp 888 oak st
Joan Reimer 945 oak st