| Huge hauler trucks continue to traverse the internal thoroughfares in Linden, despite moves to restrict their movement in the town.According to IMC Chairman, Orrin Gordon,Junior Seau Chargers Jersey, five barriers were erected at strategic points on some of the town’s main thoroughfares,Mario Lemieux Adidas Jersey, to prevent lumber trucks and other heavy duty machinery from traversing them.But in an act that Gordon considers ‘highly contemptuous’, the barrier on the access road to the Fairs Rust, Watooka and Richmond Hill communities was driven through by one of the trucks, breakingThe broken barrier on Riverside Driveit in the process.“Now we’re hearing things such as the materials that were used to erect the barriers were inferior and weren’t of the right quality, and all sorts of things; but the fact of the matter is that that should not even be a point for argument,Jimmy Rollins Jersey, because trucks should not even be on the road at that juncture in the first place.’Gordon said that the barrier which was fitted with a lock was broken before, and was repaired only to be broken again.Only yesterday lumber trucks could be seen traversing beyond the point where the broken barrier was erected.At the time,Adam Joseph Duhe Dolphins Jersey, several school children were on the road making their way home.A few years ago two school children were killed on the Winifred Gaskin Highway,http://www.airmaxfantasy.us.com/Nike-Air-Footscape-Magista/, after a huge truck slammed into a car, which hit them.After the accident, there were calls for the banning of all heavy duty vehicles from using the main thoroughfares in the town, and for the erection of barriers at strategic points.Prior to the accident,Grady Jarrett Falcons Jersey, vehicles had been traversing around the town,Brian McCann Jersey, indiscriminately,Cleveland Indians Yan Gomes Jersey, despite the fact that detours had been designated for their use.Chairman of the Linden Road Safety Council, Kevin Barron, in referring to the broken barrier, pointed out,Mark Recchi Penguins Jersey, “I think that’s a blatant disrespect to the community, because if the Mayor and Town Council put that there and locked the chain for trucks not to pass there and somebody just knocked it down, that’s blatant disrespect also for authority and whoever did it needs to be charged and put before the court.And as regards a logging truck that was seen traversing the Washer Pond Road on Wednesday night, Barron said, “In relation to the large lumber truck which was seen traversing after 9(pm), I think that the amount of accidents that we have occurring, some of which are very fatal, I think these trucks should not be traversing on the roadways after a certain time. Plus the truck had no visible licence plates, nothing to indicate who they are…there were no visible lights or reflectors.”The Linden Municipality had instituted a law that prohibited large trucks from traversing certain thoroughfares in the town after six pm.However this law is being blatantly disregarded on a daily basis, as many trucks use the cover of darkness to pass through the town.(Enid Joaquin) |
