vision2020@moscow.com: Re: Legislative Newsletter--February 1 - 7/98

Re: Legislative Newsletter--February 1 - 7/98

Tom and Briana LeClaire (bri-tom@moscow.com)
Mon, 09 Feb 98 07:54:32 PST

That's not the biggest issue, Jerry. The biggest issue is what the huge
rigs do to our roads, and then our increased gas taxes! As far as not
being able to pass on the goat trail, in the words of an old codger my dad
confronted after he followed him home from McCall to Boise in about 4
hours, "If you wanted to get there sooner, you shoulda left earlier!"

:) Briana

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Trail <ttrail@moscow.com>
> To: vision2020@moscow.com <vision2020@moscow.com>
> Cc: trail@cyberdrive.net <trail@cyberdrive.net>
> Date: Sunday, February 08, 1998 2:41 PM
> Subject: Legislative Newsletter--February 1 - 7/98
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> > 7. TRUCK WEIGHT UPDATE--Legislation will be passed to allow trucks to
> > increase weight loads from 105,500 pounds to 129,000 pounds. The
bill
> > will be introduced in the House Transportation Committee on Feb.
16th.
> > The legislaton calls for a 10 mph reduction in top speeds allowed on
> > the interstates. A demonstration route from Grangeville to Moscow
> > has been recommended.
>
>
> Thanks Tom for opposing this one. My opposition comes from the demo truck
> which was parked in front of the Statehouse on Thursday. It was a
Tractor,
> a full size trailer and a half-size trailer. This was a for a
Pro-trucking
> lobby. Looking at the BIG rig, I realized that on the proposed demo route
> (Grangeville to Moscow) you would NEVER be able to pass this truck in a
> passenger car except in the eight or so "truck lanes" on US95.
>
>
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