Council Votes Down Proposal To Remove South John Street As Truck Route

KAREN ROUSE One at a time, 14 people stood before the City of Mayville Common Council on August 10, to express their opinions about removing the majority of South John Street from its designation as a heavy truck route.Two people spoke in favor of making the change, including Alderperson Kim Olson who addressed the her fellow council members as a citizen. She explained she did not want to have traffic rerouted to South Clark Street, and urged the public to all work together to resolve the problem of truck traffic through residential areas, pointing the finger at the Glacier Ridge Landfill as the root of the truck problem. The landfill is located approximately one-mile south of the city limits on Hwy V, as it extends from South John.