Man says log trucks will drive him inside

The pressure on John Moore Road and 700 nearby residents is the result of a $21 million package of bonds, grants and loans arranged in 2007 to rebuild the International Terminal and revive the Port of Newport as a shipping center. A deal between the port and Teevin Bros., a trucking company, could add 100 log trucks per day to residential streets already busy with school buses, trucks and tourist traffic. (Photo by Rick Beasley)

NEWPORT – A resident who lives by a Bayfront intersection already busy with school buses, trucks and tourist traffic claims that a plan to direct more than 100 log trucks a day by his home will force him to live with ear plugs and drive him inside.







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