I completely agree! Washington St. is too residential for this to be a major route for tractor trailers! Saratoga needs to establish a business loop for commercial vehicles- this needs to be done before the residents of this great town leave for lack of peace of mind!

Absolutely agree ... in fact, what are those rigs doing on any part of Broadway? Yesterday there were 4 enormous asphalt repair trucks with trailers coming off Washington onto Broadway and pedestrians had to move way back onto the sidewalk to keep from getting hit.

No one wants these trucks on their road/street...How are they supposed to move about the city? Just a few weeks ago the people who live on Van Dam street were complaining about the trucks... This city only has so many entrances and exits...Do we really need the expense of a by pass? What about the business's that service theses trucks..Shall we put them out of business also?

This post is about southbound Broadway to westbound Washington. Any truck driver that cannot make the opposite turn should not be driving, as long as cars on southbound Broadway stop AT the stop line. The problem is the right turn onto Washington from Broadway. There are no signs along Rt 50 that tell truckers to go via Van Dam/Church/West Av to access Rt 29 West. GPS devices will show the route via Broadway as preferred because it is slightly shorter. Out of town truckers will not know the alternative. Two simple solutions are either to establish a truck route via the above mentioned streets and CLEARLY mark it (but those residents are already complaining) or move the stop line back on Washington to allow room for the trucks to turn right from Broadway. Parking close to the corner should also be eliminated on both streets if it hasn't been done already.

There are NO truck route signs posted in either direction to direct big rigs onto West Av/Church St/ Van Dam for travel between Rt 29 and Rt 50. Don't blame the truckers if they are not advised properly.
The signage would probably cost around $400 (to meet excessive DOT standards). Of course hiring the consultant to do traffic counts, a feasability study and design/engineering work for proper sign placement will add I would guess another $1/4 million to the cost. Don't expect it to happen anytime soon!

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