Truck Route
Truck Route Ordinance Amendments
The City of Hattiesburg has passed amendments to its truck route ordinance.
The ordinance helps determine where large commercial trucks may travel within the city. The updates clarify the rules, identify approved truck routes, reduce unnecessary truck traffic through neighborhoods and residential streets and provide clearer guidance for enforcement.
These amendments do not ban commercial deliveries, service calls or necessary truck access. Instead, they are designed to keep large truck traffic on approved routes whenever possible while still allowing trucks to reach specific homes, businesses, job sites and permitted destinations when needed.
What the amendments address
The updates include information about:
- Which vehicles are considered commercial trucks
- Which vehicles are exempt from the ordinance
- How local deliveries, pickups and service calls would be handled
- Which roads are proposed as designated truck routes
- Which roads would no longer be designated truck routes
- How special permits would work
- How state oversize or overweight permits interact with city truck route rules
- What penalties may apply for violations
Frequently Asked Questions
To help residents, businesses, property owners and commercial operators better understand the changes, the City has prepared a Frequently Asked Questions document.
This FAQ is intended to explain the amendments in plain language. It is not a substitute for the ordinance itself, but it provides a general overview and how the changes may affect truck traffic in Hattiesburg.
Amended Ordinance
Residents and interested parties may also review the ordinance amendments in full.
View the Draft of Proposed Amendments
The Hattiesburg City Council approved the amendments on July 7, 2026, and they took effect on August 6, 2026.