The light turned green, and out they poured. From the North Loop 610 East exit ramp came a series of commercial trucks, making wide, sweeping turns left or right onto roads lined with homes and businesses.
The trucks rumbled down Wayside Drive in the Settegast neighborhood, on Houston’s northeast side, flinging debris and gravel to the side of the road.
Christopher Fontenette, owner and operator of the Str8 Flavour food truck, has set up next to the Wayside Supermarket almost every day since 2020 to smoke ribs, brisket and homemade hot links.
The location is the perfect vantage point to see the damage trucks do to local roads. He sees the masses of rocks, gravel, and other debris littering the road, and shakes his head at the potholes and patchwork of street repairs.
