Objection rises to local truck traffic amid parishwide industrial development push

(The Center Square) – At a time when parish leaders are promoting industrial development across the parish, one commissioner is raising concerns about allowing industrial traffic on a city street within his district and near his home.

“We have a situation over there with oil and gas on Lakeshore Drive at the Shreveport golf course,” said commissioner Roy Burrell, whose district lies entirely within the city. He raised the issue during Thursday’s regular Caddo Parish Commission meeting.

North Louisiana elected officials are approving an increasing number of industrial projects that impact city, parish and state highways, raising opposition from those who say it disrupts rural communities or is unsafe for drivers in nearby residential neighborhoods.

Commissioners did not address how recently approved projects create similar concerns for their constituents who are adjacent to coming major industrial projects.

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