Friday, January 28, 2000
Truck ban suit is topic of meeting
BY SARA J. BENNETT
The Cincinnati Enquirer
LINCOLN HEIGHTS — Irene Lampson moved recently to Shepherd Lane, and she worries about children who play near the busy road. She thinks big trucks roaring through would only make things more dangerous.
“The traffic is very heavy without trucks,” she said. “It's a residential area.”
Lincoln Heights has banned commercial trucks on Shepherd Lane since the 1950s. Neighboring Lockland filed suit in October, saying the law is unfair because it excludes Lockland trucks while allowing trucks headed to or coming from Lincoln Heights.
Wednesday, the village will hold a meeting to discuss the suit, which is scheduled for a Feb. 11 hearing before Judge Patrick Dinkelacker of Hamilton County Common Pleas Court.
Lincoln Heights officials want to talk with residents about how the suit could affect the village. They also want to brainstorm compromises that might be acceptable to Lockland and to residents along Shepherd.
“Council wants to get input as to what the public's interests are,” said Will Hicks, an attorney representing Lincoln Heights. “The outcome of that meeting may help determine whether we're able to come to some mutually acceptable resolution, or whether we need to go ahead with the Feb. 11 hearing.”
Lockland, which is experiencing a redevelopment spurt, could use Shepherd Lane to help trucks get to and from Interstate 75.
Residents of Shepherd, on the other hand, say trucks are noisy and dangerous and don't belong in a residential area. Still, the current ordinance allows for trucks traveling to and from places in Lincoln Heights where they are registered or hired.
Attorneys for Lockland and Lincoln Heights have discussed several alternatives to the truck ban, Mr. Hicks said, including installing speed bumps on Shepherd, banning trucks only at night, and running trucks along alternate routes.
If no alternatives are agreed upon, Judge Dinkelacker will hear both sides Feb. 11 and would issue a ruling sometime afterward, Mr. Hicks said.
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