Mayor DeLoach holding public meeting to discuss Highlands community truck ban (Savannah: houses, neighborhoods)

[Airforceguy]

While I understand that the people living in the area dont want big rigs tearing up their roads, given the fact that so many warehouses have been built in the area, I don't think the city has much choice but to lift the truck ban.

The state of Georgia is once again asking the city of Savannah to partially remove its truck ban that’s in place in the Highlands community.

The city needs funds from the state in order to make traffic improvements in this populated area, but the state wants the city to come to a compromise first.

Right now, a truck restriction is in place for parts of Benton Boulevard and Highlands Boulevard.

With so many neighborhoods popping up in the Highlands area, traffic is becoming a big issue. And, even more traffic is expected to pile up in this area after Chatham County finishes extending Benton Boulevard to Highway 30.

The city of Savannah wants to widen parts of Benton Boulevard from two lanes to four lanes, and also make traffic improvements to Highlands Boulevard and Jimmy DeLoach Parkway.

The city needs more than $3.5 million in order to widen the lanes and make the necessary traffic improvements, so they're requesting money from the state.

https://www.wtoc.com/2019/08/21/mayo...ity-truck-ban/