Residents in Saline say their usually quiet downtown strip has been overrun by heavy gravel trucks hauling materials for what is expected to become Michigan’s largest data center, and they are demanding relief from what they describe as nonstop noise, dust and safety concerns.
Hundreds of trucks a day are rolling through downtown Saline along Michigan Avenue, hauling materials to a construction site in Saline Township just a few miles away, where Oracle and OpenAI are building the massive data center.
Saline resident Anita Rochefort said the speed of the trucks is what concerns her most.
“They’re so fast. I mean again, I am not wimpy, but it’s almost kind of scary,” Rochefort said.
Fellow resident Bruce Demaine said he is worried about the damage the heavy haulers could do to recently repaved roads…