Paging Mr. Speck -- say, old man, while you're at it, can you write some street use guidelines for monster trucks, too? We seem to have misplaced ours.

Thanks to the miracle of the camera shutter, this monster truck is NOT speeding down Market Street.

Chief Todd Bailey did the research as promised, and produced what most of us would have guessed: Nothing, in that in typical slothful fashion, the city of New Albany has not bothered itself with the question -- ever.

Perhaps inadvertently, the street commissioner tells us something else we already knew, too: Nothing, as in nothing's going to happen until after Jeff Speck provides political cover.

 ... New Albany Street Commissioner Mickey Thompson, who is also a member of the board of works, said the issue of heavy truck traffic needs to be addressed in the ongoing street study being conducted by Jeff Speck.

You have to wonder: Does Speck know that he's doing a truck use study, too?

New Albany police chief: No local laws limiting traffic weight on city roads; Street official says heavy-weight vehicle issue should be addressed in street study, by Daniel Suddeath (N and T)

NEW ALBANY — New Albany Police Chief Todd Bailey hasn’t located any city ordinances that restrict vehicle weight, though he said Tuesday he would support working with local officials on such restriction measures.

Residents approached the New Albany Board of Public Works and Safety last week about tractor-trailer traffic downtown.