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<br />Trucking Terminals & Routes <br />December 18, 2008 <br />Page 2 of3 <br /> <br />Truck Routes <br /> <br />Truck routes are defined as those routes which are designated for the use of <br />truck traffic. Truck route map was first adopted per Ordinance No. 1364 <br />approved on May 04, 1983. Subsequent revisions were made to add new <br />truck routes and hazardous cargo routes in April 1997. The streets and <br />thoroughfares designated as truck routes within the City limits are listed in <br />Sections 70-231 and 70-235 of the Code of Ordinances. <br /> <br />Recent developments in the La Porte area particularly business/industrial <br />parks, e.g. Port Crossing, Underwood Business Park, and the potential impact <br />of the Bayport Expansion & Cruise Terminal, trucking activities are <br />projected to increase tremendously. <br /> <br />To promote public safety, health, and welfare ofthe residents and visitors to <br />La Porte, truck traffic is restricted to the streets designated as truck routes. <br />For further protection and relief from the heavy truck traffic, it is suggested <br />to designate additional streets as potential truck routes only to the east of <br />Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR). A list of proposed truck routes is as follow: <br /> <br />Proposed Truck Routes <br /> <br />1. Export Drive - from South 16th Street to State Highway 146 <br /> <br />2. South 16th Street - from south of Export Drive to Wharton Weems Blvd. and <br />McCabe Road connecting with State Highway 146. <br /> <br />3. North Broadway - from north of Barbour's Cut Blvd. to North 'L' Street. <br /> <br />4. North 'L' Street - from west of North Broadway to North 6th Street. <br /> <br />5. North' l' Street - from North 6th Street to west connecting with State Highway 146. <br /> <br />6. North 'E' Street - from North 16th Street to UPRR right-of-way line. <br /> <br />Hazardous Cargo Route <br /> <br />Staff recommended Fairmont Parkway be removed from the hazardous truck route and <br />Council was receptive to this idea. No additional hazardous truck routes are proposed. <br /> <br />Route Extent <br />State Highway 225 Entire extent within corporate limits <br />New State Highway 146 Entire extent within corporate limits <br />Fuirmont Pai"kwuy New State High'.vuy 116 to west corporate limits <br />