The following remarks relate to the huge gravel trucks coming from the Yacolt Mountain Quarry. In February of 2017, one of the full gravel trucks was heading south on Kelly Road and ended up in an accident near the Lewis River on Rock Creek Road. A few months ago on Gabriel Road a car had to drive off the road to avoid a gravel truck that was too close to the opposite lane. A few weeks ago we came upon a flatbed truck that was overturned on the north side of 142nd in north Clark County. It is very common to have six gravel trucks lined up in a row at the intersections of Kelly Road and Rock Creek Road, and also at the intersection of SR 503 and Gabriel Road. This amount of trucks makes it very dangerous and difficult to turn onto Rock Creek Road from Kelly Road and onto 503 from Gabriel Road. Currently we have a cracked windshield in our vehicle from gravel coming from a Stordahl truck on SR 503. Our neighbor also has a cracked windshield due to a gravel truck. With so many trucks passing our driveway on Gabriel Road we are very nervous now just pulling out of our driveway anytime of day, Monday through Saturday. Today on Kelly Road one fully loaded gravel truck pulled out of the quarry driveway without stopping. We had to slow our speed quickly to avoid an accident.
My greatest concern about these gravel trucks is the safety issues involved. I especially worry about the gravel trucks when school is in session. There are many school buses on Gabriel Road. Children waiting for the buses often step out of the driveway watching for the bus. There is also the issue of noise pollution due to compression brakes still being used and general exhaust and air pollution.
