CASPER — Gravel haul trucks and other heavy commercial vehicles will need a special permit to travel on at least 26 Natrona County residential roads following a vote this week by the Natrona County Board of Commissioners.

The county board passed the resolution 3-1 with Chairman Dave North not voting and Commissioner Jim Milne voting against it. The resolution gives the county board the authority to identify and restrict certain roads in the county to commercial truck traffic.

Several residents who live on roads at the base of Casper Mountain where gravel mining has been proposed favored the resolution.

Attempts to clear a path for gravel mining have so far been denied by a county board zoning amendment last fall and by the Wyoming State Board of Land Commissioners decision not to renew

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