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There is a sign on Cedar Street at the intersection of Harvey and Cedar Streets that reads "No Truck Over 2 1/2 Tons." The "fine print" of the regualtion the sign refers to if I understand it correctly, is "unless making a local delivery. Since no large trucks are using our neighborhood streets as a shortcut to the Mass Pike I find the sign odd, to say the least. As a result of the sign large trucks, use Harvey Street to access the Fresh Pond malls and the housing construction site on Rindge Ave. When the trucks get to the end of Harvey St they find they can't make the turn onto Clifton St. They have to back all the way back to Cedar St., usually escorted by a Cambridge police officer. This happens several times a year. To my knowledge, no car has been hit, but it just a matter of time before that happens. There is a sign on Concord Ave at Chilton St that reads, "No Tractor Trailer Access to Garden St." Could a similar sign be installed at the top of Harvey Street? If not that, Harvey St needs a sign like the one on Clifton St.