The important thing is that our highways and bridges are not designed for
the
reverberating weights of still bigger trucks. A couple of years ago there
was a concerted effort to pump more money into Idaho's roads because our
highways were crumbling. $6 billion worth of backlog highway needs,
they said.
What we really need is a national commitment to railroads; its a far
bigger problem than Idaho alone.
dave peckham
On
Sun, 8 Feb 1998, Jerry L. Schutz wrote:
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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.
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>
> 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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