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INSPECTIONS * USA - Colo. May Charge Overweight Trucks More
Denver,COL,USA -Associated Press/Forbes, by COLLEEN SLEVIN -21 Sept 2007: -- With the Western Slope oil and gas boom increasing heavy truck traffic, a government advisory panel looking for ways to maintain Colorado's highways is considering raising fees and fines for overweight trucks... Federal law allows trucks up to 80,000 pounds on all interstates and federal bridges, while Colorado permits trucks up to 85,000 pounds on state roads. Truckers hauling greater weights need permits that help pay for the extra damage done to the state's roads... According to the Department of Revenue, 1,756 trucks violated the overweight or oversized rules at the state's fixed ports of entry, a little less than 2 percent of the 92,680 overweight and oversized trucks checked in the last fiscal year. The state's mobile units, usually stationed along smaller highways, found 18,381 violators... (Picture from indymedia.ie: Dramatic Scenes At a Blockade)Labels: trucks inspections
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