ThereasonthatFireTruck#13hadtostopwasthataSanipactrashtruck,oneoftheirsmallest <br />rigsinuse,wasmakingitsevery-Wednesdayrounds.Therewasnowaythetwolargevehicles <br />couldpasseachother.Nowconsiderwhatwouldhappeninanemergency.Supposetherewerea <br />growingbrushorhousefireupthehill,evenintheproposedCHPUD.Andpeoplebegan <br />evacuatingdownthehill–fromallthenarrowroadsabovethefive-wayintersection–where <br />backupsinalldirectionswouldresultfromtryingtomergeontoSpringBlvd.Atthesametime <br />emergencyvehicleswouldbetryingtorespondupthesameandonlyprimaryfeederroadsof <br />SpringBlvd.andCapitalDr.Thismaynotbeonlyahypothetical.Considerthatduringthe <br />summerof2017,nobodyexpectedasmanydeadly,destructivefiresinNorthernCalifornia, <br />Washington,andOregonlocations,suchastheGorge,CentralOregon,McKenzieRiver,where <br />evacuationswereordered. <br />FiretruckbackingdownSpringBlvd.becauseit <br />cannotpasstheSanipacTruck <br />169 <br /> <br />