Historical Summer 2004 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
The trucks can only operate between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., unless Metro has express, written consent from the City’s Streets Director; no trucks shall run on days of severely inclement weather, at the sole discretion of the Streets Director; the trucks shall not operate on Sundays and recognized holidays; while traveling on DesPeres and Lindell, the trucks’ speed limit will be twentyfive miles per hour, to be strictly enforced; each violation shall result in a penalty of up to $ 500 payable to the City of St. Louis; Metro and/or its contractor shall post a flagman at the intersections of DesPeres and Forest Park Parkway and at the intersection of DesPeres and Delmar while the trucks are operating; the loads of dirt must be covered at all times; at all times the trucks are operating, Metro or its contractor shall operate a backhoe, vacuum truck, and street sweeper to constantly keep the streets clean; Metro shall post a $ 50,000 bond and provide the City with proof of insurance; From the date of entry of this order until December 1, 2004, the trucks shall operate on each of the aforementioned routes in a proportion no less than forty percent and no greater than sixty percent, of the totality of dirt and material haulings made, and after December 1, 2004, the trucks shall not use the DesPeresDelmar route without the express written authority of the Streets Director. …ordered by Circuit Judge David L. Dowd, May 14, 2004.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, Summer 2004.
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