Truck and trailer parking lot

Lifelong Westland resident living near the existing truck yard pleaded with the council not to allow expansion to 179 trucks, citing dust, noise, lights, and 24-hour activity with no security.

Asked the council to drive Cherry Hill to see the traffic flow and said she votes no.

A mother of a borderline asthmatic four-year-old opposed the truck expansion, citing health risks and reported sex-trafficking activity in the neighborhood.

Florence Street resident described diesel fumes, dust, and vibrations shaking water on his table, noted the expansion would double the yard to 173 trucks, and urged the council to uphold the Planning Commission's 6-1 denial.

A 26-year Florence Street resident said she can't open her windows, must power-wash her house repeatedly, and asked the council to vote no.

A 55-year Brandon Street resident said the expansion is an encroachment on a zoned residential area and asked the council to back residents like the Planning Commission did.