{"id":6172,"date":"2018-08-09T11:01:04","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T18:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=6172"},"modified":"2018-08-09T11:09:41","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T18:09:41","slug":"yakima-city-council-approves-truck-routes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/yakima-city-council-approves-truck-routes\/","title":{"rendered":"Yakima City Council Approves Truck Routes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"background: white;margin: 0px;color: #36332a;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\">The Yakima City Council has approved a truck route system to limit truck use on local streets, as well as other non-truck route arterial streets. Council members took the action after a public hearing during their regular meeting on Monday, August 6<sup><span style=\"font-size: small\">th<\/span><\/sup>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background: white;margin: 0px;color: #36332a;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\">The truck route network is intended to concentrate truck traffic to better accommodate truck turning movements, facilitate truck route enforcement, protect residential areas from unnecessary truck traffic, and protect the safety of drivers and pedestrians.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background: white;margin: 0px;color: #36332a;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\">The City&#8217;s 22 truck routes are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;color: #36332a;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"background: white;margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\">North\/South 1<sup><span style=\"font-size: small\">st<\/span><\/sup> Street from Interstate 82\/Highway 12 Interchange south to City Limits.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;color: #36332a;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"background: white;margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\">North 5<sup><span style=\"font-size: small\">th<\/span><\/sup> Avenue between Fruitvale Boulevard and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;color: #36332a;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"background: white;margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\">North\/South 16th Avenue from Highway 12 south to Ahtanum Road.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;color: #36332a;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"background: white;margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\">North\/South 40th Avenue from Highway 12 south to West Washington Avenue.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;color: #36332a;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"background: white;margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\">South 64th Avenue between Tieton Drive and Ahtanum Road.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;color: #36332a;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"background: white;margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\">West \u201cI\u201d Street between North 1st Street and North 6th Avenue.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;color: #36332a;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"background: white;margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\">Fruitvale Boulevard between North 5th Avenue and North 40th Avenue.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;color: #36332a;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"background: white;margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\">Summitview Avenue from North 40th Avenue west to the City Limits.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;color: #36332a;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"background: white;margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\">East\/West Nob Hill Boulevard between the east City Limits and South 72nd Avenue.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;color: #36332a;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"background: white;margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\">East\/West Washington Avenue between South 1st Street and South 64th Avenue.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;color: #36332a;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"background: white;margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\">East Lincoln Avenue between Fair Avenue and North 5th Avenue.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;color: #36332a;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"background: white;margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\">East Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard between Fair Avenue and North 5th Avenue.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;color: #36332a;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"background: white;margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\">Fair Avenue between Lincoln\/MLK Couplet and Nob Hill Boulevard.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;color: #36332a;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"background: white;margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\">Tieton Drive from 40th Avenue west to the City Limits.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;color: #36332a;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"background: white;margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\">Pacific Avenue from Fair Avenue to 18th Street.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;color: #36332a;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"background: white;margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\">18th Street from Pacific Avenue to Mead Avenue.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;color: #36332a;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"background: white;margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\">Sixth Avenue from \u2018I\u2019 Street to Gordon Road.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;color: #36332a;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"background: white;margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\">Ahtanum Road from 16th Avenue to west City Limits.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;color: #36332a;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"background: white;margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\">72<sup><span style=\"font-size: small\">nd<\/span><\/sup> Avenue from Summitview Avenue to Nob Hill Boulevard.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;color: #36332a;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"background: white;margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\">Yakima Avenue between the east City Limits and North 8th Street.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;color: #36332a;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"background: white;margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\">96th Avenue between Summitview Avenue and Tieton Drive.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px;color: #36332a;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"background: white;margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\">River Road between 6th Avenue and Fruitvale Boulevard.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"background: white;margin: 0px;color: #36332a;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\">Click <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/TruckRouteOrdinance\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/TruckRouteOrdinance<\/a> for the truck route ordinance the Council approved on August 6<sup><span style=\"font-size: small\">th<\/span><\/sup>. It includes links to the ordinance and a City of Yakima truck route map.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background: white;margin: 0px;color: #36332a;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\">Last September, the Council authorized the creation of an ad-hoc committee to review potential truck routes, receive public comment, and recommend routes. The Council&#8217;s Economic Development Committee reviewed those recommendations on May 24<sup><span style=\"font-size: small\">th<\/span><\/sup>, 2018 and forwarded them to the full City Council for consideration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">For more information about City truck routes, contact Planning Manager Joseph Calhoun at 575-6042.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/City-of-Yakima-Truck-Routes-News-Release-1.pdf\">City of Yakima Truck Routes &#8211; News Release<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Yakima City Council has approved a truck route system to limit truck use on local streets, as well as other non-truck route arterial streets. Council members took the action after a public hearing during their regular meeting on Monday, August 6th. 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