The City of Litchfield Park held a public meeting on Thursday, Nov. 7, providing residents with an update on the city's efforts to address truck traffic, noise, and pollution along Camelback Road.
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The City of Litchfield Park held a public meeting on Thursday, Nov. 7, providing residents with an update on the city's efforts to address truck traffic, noise, and pollution along Camelback Road.
Generally, truck travel on Litchfield Park’s city streets is restricted, but a bill passed in 2022 nullifies local truck restrictions if a major street with truck restriction does not provide through access between two or more jurisdictions.
Under that rule, local code is not enforceable on Dysart Road and Camelback Road. Residents in Litchfield Greens, a 2-mile stretch along Camelback Road from 127th Avenue to North Village Parkway, have come out to discuss their concerns on pollution and noise since 2022.
In 2022, Litchfield Park and the county came to a jurisdictional agreement that stated the stretch of Camelback Road would be transferred to the city and subject to Litchfield’s truck restriction if found necessary after a study. The initial public meetings led to a study of the noise and vibrations coming from Camelback Road and an analysis of future demand of commercial trucks on the street that was presented at the Nov. 7 meeting.
The Maricopa Association of Governments lead the study and found that although Camelback Road is generally a quiet area, spikes of noise that disrupt the area were enough to warrant suggestions of change to City Council. The City of Litchfield Park hired Exponent, an external company to follow up on the study that seconded the MAG’s findings.
Some solutions the MAG, Exponent and Litchfield Park City Managers and Architects provided included looking at truck bans overnight, or all day, increasing the heights of sound walls or repaving the road with rubberized, noise-reducing asphalt.
After the presentation residents were able to share their concerns about the ongoing truck traffic where many say the noise and exhaust from trucks disrupt their quality of life.
City Manager Mathew Williams will take the suggestions to the city council meeting on Wednesday Nov. 20 to discuss further action.
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