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Relaxed trucking weights * USA - Could bring cross-border business to Oroville
Oroville,WAS,USA -The Wenatchee World Online (Wenatchee,WA), by K.C. Mehaffey -March 29, 2008: -- A new law that allows truckers to haul heavier loads on a five-mile stretch of Highway 97 — from Oroville to the Canadian border — could bring new jobs to this Okanogan County border town... The state Legislature unanimously passed a bill this session introduced by Sen. Bob Morton, R-Orient, to allow trucks to haul up to 137,500 pounds, instead of the previous maximum gross weight of 105,000 pounds. Gov. Chris Gregoire recently signed the bill into law... The stretch of road is now known as a "heavy haul corridor."... Ken Stanton, Douglas County Commissioner and chairman of the North Central Washington Economic Development District, said the added business is likely to have a "trickle-down effect" on other businesses throughout the region... And, he added, "There are many impacts that are positive, that are not necessarily economic. It will help maintain the viability of that railroad line, which keeps hundreds of semis off the highway," he said...
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