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Bill Filed to Ban 18-Wheelers on Bluff

  • This scene of an accident on the bluff from 2019 has become an all-too-common sight on La Grange’s iconic curvy road. A bill filed in the Texas Senate might halt all big rig traffic on the road. Record file photo
    This scene of an accident on the bluff from 2019 has become an all-too-common sight on La Grange’s iconic curvy road. A bill filed in the Texas Senate might halt all big rig traffic on the road. Record file photo
Texas Senator Lois Kolkhorst filed a bill last Thursday that would make it possible for Fayette County officials to restrict commercial truck traffic on the Bluff south of La Grange. For years, many local residents have wished for a mandatory truck route that send 18-wheelers around the curvy switchbacks on US 77 south of the Colorado River Bridge. There is a sign recommending trucks to detour…

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