Citizens get wishes

Portions of county roads 406, 407, and 408, south of FM 1162 on the southeast side of El Campo, will soon be closed to through truck traffic following a hearing at Wharton County Commissioners Court. Several residents living along the dirt roads spoke to the commissioners with numerous complaints about thick dust and rude truck drivers hauling road materials to and from a nearby property. Nearly a dozen people spoke at the hearing, including truck company representatives who say they were agreeable to abide by whatever regulations the county requests.