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BROOKFIELD Trustee Dan Suttles said when he learned a snow plow truck mirror was broken off after it hit a basketball hoop by the road, he thought it must be an isolated incident until he learned 19 locations in the township had hoops at the side of or on the road.
Suttles told trustees at their year-end meeting Monday that the snow plow drivers are having issues getting around the basketball hoops when they plow.
“The mirror on one truck was damaged because the mirror lines up right where the hoop is. Residents need to remove them from the road or at least turn them around so the hoops are not at the street side,” Suttles said. “I really thought there was one or two places where this was a problem until they told me there were 19. I didn’t realize there were that many in the township.”