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Letters To The EditorGet the trucks offTo llu* Editor:I suppose one should be thankful for small favors,but 1 wonder if eliminating half a problem is considered a blessing or a favor if thesituation that started theproblem is allowed to exist.I am refering to the resurfacing of Oakland Avenue. True it is a much quieter street, beautiful to ride over, but how long will it last if the trucks, those 5 ton monstrosities, are al lowed to use it.This is not a state highway. The situation that allows it to be used as such, if no compensation for its use is not forthcoming from Penn Dot for upkeep or maintenance, should stopThe continued use of Oak land Avenue as a highway not only jeopardizes the welfare of the residents of that street, their health and their enjoyment of their homes, but might result in cracked walls, rattling win dows. sidewalks cracking to say nothing of the possibility of a breakdown of one of these huge trucks that would tie up the whole town. Then too the gas pipes that are underground, some of which have been there for over 50 years must present apotential hazard augmentedby the constant rumbling ofthese true ks over the street, the fill that was usedresidential streetsto raise the level of the roadway 1 am sure was not of tintype to support the traffic that it does. So 1 wonder if the surfacing is not penny wise and pound foolish, by al-lowing the condition to exist that precipitated the situation in the first place, to say nothing of the cost to the taxpayers. This is the concern oftile whole community.True, the completion ofthe by pass would alleviatethe condition, but it took nearly 20 years for it to be where it is now and no time set lor its completion as of now, after which, provision should be made to limit tonnage allowed on any of our streets except for local deliveries.This could be enforced now, because most of the truck traffic is headed toward New York and the turnpike should bo used as a thruway to New York. Damage done by these trucks is not repaired by the companies that own the trucks, but in some cases the state collects for the privilege of using Oakland Avenue. Since the street is nota highway and the state as sumes no responsibility for its upkeep, 1 don’t see that it should be used as a highway and council has no right to stick om the necks of the people whose welfare is their responsibility to protect.Leon T. Nelsou
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Doylestown Intelligencer
Doylestown, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Nov 24, 1973
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