City Council questions truck yard, approves Wolf River-area cleanup
Memphis City Council member Pearl Eva Walker said developers for a planned truck-and-trailer yard were “insulting” as they used green and eco-friendly “buzzwords” to describe the place for trucks and trailers to wait. (Benjamin Naylor/The Daily Memphian file)
The City Council also approved a task force Tuesday, March 25, to make recommendations on how to deal with Wolf River bottomland that, for decades, has been an illegal dumping site and a popular area for off-road vehicles.
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