Who is SHRPN?
The Coalition for a Safe & Healthy Roosevelt Park Neighborhood (SHRPN) is committed to using an equitable and multi pronged approach, which centers community voice, shared leadership, and building relationships as we work together to end unnecessary truck traffic on the Roosevelt Park Corridor.
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Our History
Our current efforts are not the first. Our community’s efforts to protect our residential neighborhood from the hazards of excessive heavy truck traffic running through four schools located on or within a block of Cesar Chavez Avenue.
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“The chemicals that are being distributed into our air are bad for us and it's bad for our health. We have studies and research to prove that. And so it's kind of a slap in the face when we've done all of the work to put this ordinance into place, just to see folks being able to kind of weasel out of it and wiggle around it is really just disheartening.”
- Tiawana
Data
Although Cesar E. Chavez Ave SW is no longer designated as a truck route, there is little to no enforcement of this due to the City of Grand Rapids’ interpretation of Federal law 23 CFR 658.19 Reasonable Access which states that: “No State may enact or enforce any law denying access within 1 road-mile from the National Network using the most reasonable and practicable route available except for specific safety reasons on individual routes.”
Designated Alternative Routes for Non Local Truck Traffic:
In August of 2020, the City of Grand Rapids approved changes to its Truck Route ordinance that downgraded the section of César E. Chávez Ave, formerly named Grandville Ave, between Logan Street and Clyde Park Ave to a Major Street. This was consistent with changes to the MDOT Truck Operator Map. At that time, the signage at the intersection of César E. Chávez Ave and Clyde Park was also changed to direct north-south truck route traffic in the area to Godfrey Ave, Century Ave, and Clyde Park Ave. Motor vehicles of the restricted class are required to travel on Truck Routes only within the city, except when making a local pickup, delivery, or service, in which case the motor vehicle must return to the truck route by the shortest route possible. Since the route change, however, there continues to be a prevalence of truck traffic on César E. Chávez Ave in potential contravention of the ordinance.
