Sun Dance Neighbors Bothered By Truck Traffic

A quiet cul-de-sac of 20-year-old homes backing onto Sun Dance Golf Course has turned into a temporary truck route, despite neighborhood protests.

Kendick Avenue, a cul-de-sac for two decades, was changed to a through road recently to provide access to new homes in Parkside on the Green, a Douglass Development.

Spokane County crews have posted “No Trucks” signs at the entrance of Kendick. But residents say trucks leaving the construction site rumble past their houses, ignoring the signs.

“There were a bunch of them, those great big long ones, I mean huge trucks, coming down our road today,” Helen Murphy said Monday.

Wayne Hendren, former Spokane Police Chief who retired in 1980, called County Commissioner Phil Harris to complain about the rumbling trucks.

“Get the sheriff’s department to hang a couple of tickets on those trucks,” said Harris after hearing the trucks were ignoring the signs.

“They don’t need to go down that road. It’s unacceptable,” Harris said. “It’s a public road, but once they put those signs out there, it means no trucks.”

Hendren said he’s concerned about wear-and-tear on the narrow street, but also about the neighborhood’s young children who play on the street.

“There aren’t sidewalks; it’s dangerous,” said Hendren.

“I didn’t ask for any enforcement, I just thought the signs would be enough. But the builder has let the truck drivers believe they can use the street,” said Hendren.

Murphy called developer Lanzce Douglass to complain about the truck traffic.

“Mr. Douglass told me flat out that our road is public property, and they would continue to use it,” she said.

But Douglass, said he has listened to the neighbors’ concerns.

“I’ve asked the road contractor to tell his drivers not to use Kendick,” said Douglass. “I think I have it solved.”

, DataTimes