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COMPLAINS * USA - Port wants truck parking lot
Some relief is in sight for Georgetown residents irked by tractor-trailer trucks that haul cargo from Port of Seattle docks by day and park along neighborhood streets at night
Seattle,WASH,USA -The Seattle Times, by Bob Young -March 25, 2008: -- ... The Port wants to make a 10-acre vacant property it owns on Harbor Island available for truck parking to alleviate Georgetown's complaints about diesel soot, crowded streets and crushed curbs... The Port of Seattle Commission is scheduled to vote today on spending $450,000 to design the area, first for truck parking on an interim basis, then for eventual use as a cargo terminal when increased trade requires... Activists pushing for cleaner Port trucks and unionized drivers in Seattle criticized the Harbor Island plan because it would charge drivers for parking and provide space for only about 200 trucks. About 1,600 truckers haul freight from Seattle docks to nearby rail yards, working as low-paid independent owners and operators... (Photo by MIKE SIEGEL / THE SEATTLE TIMES - Georgetown residents have complained about noise, pollution and crowding from the hundreds of trucks that park overnight there after days spent hauling containers from the Port of Seattle.)Labels: neighboring complains
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