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DOT suggestion: Get Semi Trucks to use Bypass

By Joe Hare

If you lived on Jamestown Street in Columbia, you would realize how many through trucks come around the Public Square daily that could use the Veterans Memorial Bypass.

Also there could be a local ordinance banning the use of engine brakes (Jake brakes). Trucks obeying the speed limit really do not have to use engine brakes on Jamestown hill.

I know that the "Jake" brake is the primary brake and saves wear and tear on the air brakes, but as short as this hill is this is really not an issue. This not only would help noise pollution, but would encourage the semi's to use the bypass. This is my humble opinion.
The District 8 Transportation meeting in Columbia is coming up on Thursday, July 6, 2023 at 10amCT in City Hall - it is open to the public.




This story was posted on 2023-06-25 08:33:48
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