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There is no viable way to reroute truck traffic around Wyoming.

That from a report from Paul daSilva, public works director in Plympton-Wyoming.

Council asked staff to look at alternatives after a resident voiced concern about the amount of heavy truck traffic heading down Broadway Street, which is part of Highway 21/Oil Heritage Road, a main north-south route through Lambton.

daSilva met with Lambton County officials since Oil Heritage is a county road. daSilva says county officials believe “any truck restriction through Wyoming would be challenging because of the critical role County Road 21 plays in the broader road network.” 

All of the obvious detour routes have problems, he adds, including using Nauvoo Road to reroute the transports.

“This routing would direct the majority of displaced truck traffic through the Village of Watford. Such a change would likely create similar concerns in Watford to those currently being raised in Wyoming and could lead to further requests for restrictions,” daSilva writes in a report to council.

The idea of re-routing traffic comes from a similar plan in Petrolia. Grain trucks travelling down Petrolia Line have been rerouted from the downtown area.

“This traffic was predictable and supported by available alternate routes that did not require trucks to pass through Petrolia’s core,” he says adding there are “no clear or suitable alternative routes around the village that could reliably accommodate the current truck volumes…without a viable alternative, a truck restriction on County Road 21 would be difficult to enforce,” says daSilva.