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LD 829 Title Page Resolve, Authorizing the Department of Transportation to Designate Routes for O... LD 829 Title Page
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Sec. 1. Designation of routes for over-limit vehicles. Resolved: That the
Department of Transportation shall designate approved routes for
vehicles in excess of the weight limits specified in the Maine
Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, chapter 21 to allow over-limit
vehicles to enter Maine from United States Customs Service ports
of entry between Maine and Canada and travel up to 10 miles on
highways in this State. The department shall establish new
weight limits for those roads that are as follows:

 
1. For vehicles entering this State from the ports of entry
in Madawaska, Van Buren, Houlton and Calais, the maximum weight
limits must be those limits in effect in the Province of New
Brunswick; and

 
2. For vehicles entering this State from the port of entry in
Jackman, the maximum weight limits must be those limits in effect
in the Province of Quebec; and be it further

 
Sec. 2. Fees for over-limit vehicles. Resolved: That the Department of
Transportation shall establish a schedule of fees for over-limit
vehicles traveling the routes designated pursuant to section 1.
The fees must be based on the amount of additional maintenance to
state roads that will be incurred by allowing over-limit vehicles
on those roads.

 
SUMMARY

 
This resolve directs the Department of Transportation to
designate routes that may be traveled by vehicles that exceed the
weight limits established in the Maine Revised Statutes from
ports of entry from the provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick to
no more than 10 miles into Maine. The department is required to
establish weight limits for those routes that correspond to the
maximum weight limits of vehicles established in Quebec and New
Brunswick. This resolve also requires the department to
establish a fee schedule for those over-limit vehicles that takes
into account the additional wear and tear on those routes by the
over-limit vehicles.


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