an ordinance which would

update and designate new

truck routes away from S.

Veterans Boulevard due to

potential dangers as seen in

the past.

Eagle Pass Fire Chief

Manuel Mello presented the

Eagle Pass City Council

information regarding the

issue.

“We have seen issues in the

area of the Language

Development Center and

Memorial Junior High

School. We’ve seen several

accidents there. We have

had one where a propane

truck was involved. Luckily,

this propane truck only had

a leak that we were able to

control. Our concern is if we

have another one of those

accidents we would be facing

something like we faced

in 1975, where a tractortrailer

overturned on

Highway 277/ 57 and

caused a major explosion.

That is what we are trying to

eliminate right here,” said

Chief Mello.

The Eagle Pass City Council

approved to amend their

current ordinance to include

that “it shall be unlawful to

move, operate or drive any

tank, tank truck, trailer or

other vehicle or motor vehicle

containing, transporting

or hauling, or used or

designed to contain, transport

or haul, gasoline, gas or

liquefied petroleum gas, on

any public street within the

corporate limits of the city

other than the following prescribed

truck routes or portions

of same, except for

local deliveries and to

obtain access to truckweighing

facilities.”

The new ordinance amendments

are being set into

place to get any commercial

vehicle to have to use loop

480 instead of driving

through city limit areas.