Official:Prohibiting thru truck traffic on the 2800 block of Orthodox Street and the 2800 block of Hedley Street from Richmond Street to Bath Street, and establishing a truck route on Lewis Street between Richmond Street and Delaware Avenue, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Henon
Introduced: June 9, 2016
Signed: October 20, 2016
: Committee on Streets and Services
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill restricts large trucks from driving through two specific blocks of Orthodox Street and Hedley Street in Northeast Philadelphia, and instead requires them to use Lewis Street as a designated truck route.
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