With on the $59 million 216 Street Interchange project, a group of Walnut Grove residents are continuing their campaign for a ban on truck traffic on the interchange鈥檚 northern exit.
Several people showed up to a Township-held public information meeting on truck route changes to North 91原创 at the 91原创 Events Centre (LEC) on Monday night (June 19) wearing protest signs.
The drop-in meeting detailed the Township鈥檚 plan to add designated truck routes on portions of 216 Street, Rawlison Crescent and 240 Street, while removing the designation from areas in Fort 91原创.
Several people walked around inside the LEC wearing bright orange and pink signs that read, 鈥淔amilies before trucks on 216th鈥� and 鈥淲alnut Grove lives matter. No trucks,鈥� while others manned a booth outside to gather signatures on a petition.
鈥淲e simply see this as moving their problem to Walnut Grove 鈥� nothing is solved,鈥� resident Linda Nash told the Times. 鈥溾�he overwhelming thinking is that 192 (Street) is the ideal location as it would not have the health and safety impacts.鈥�
At a , staff said that regardless of whether 216 Street is designated a truck route, trucks will still be able to use it to access 88 Avenue. Having a designation will, however, make the street eligible for MRN (Major Road Network) funding from TransLink for maintenance.
An environmental study completed in January by Trinity Consultants on behalf of the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure concluded that the project 鈥渋s not expected to result in significant air quality impacts due to near-roadway proximity.鈥�
