| | | Sec. 1. Management plan. Resolved: That the Department of | | Transportation shall establish a committee, referred to in this | | resolve as "the committee," within the department to develop a | | management plan for heavyweight trucks traveling on Maine roads | | north of Augusta other than Interstate 95 due to the 80,000-pound | | weight limit on that highway. The committee must include one | | Senator appointed by the President of the Senate and 2 | | Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House. | | Legislators are not entitled to receive the legislative per diem, | | as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 3, section 2; and | | be it further |
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| | | Sec. 2. Plan goal. Resolved: That the goal of the plan developed | | pursuant to section 1 is to reduce negative effects of | | heavyweight trucks on road maintenance, public safety and | | community character, with emphasis on the Route 9 corridor from | | Augusta to Bangor, until the 80,000-pound weight limit on | | Interstate 95 is raised; and be it further |
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| | | Sec. 3. Plan strategies. Resolved: That in developing the plan the | | committee shall consider a number of management strategies, | | including but not limited to: |
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| | | 1. Limiting all through-traffic heavyweight trucks to certain | | state highways, or restricting the hours during which trucks may | | operate, in order to reduce community disruptions, improve public | | safety and reduce or eliminate truck traffic that bisects | | important natural habitat areas designated by the Department of | | Conservation; and |
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| | | 2. Increasing penalties for heavyweight trucks that violate | | traffic laws; and be it further |
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| | | Sec. 4. Report. Resolved: That the committee shall present the | | completed plan to the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation | | for review and comment by February 1, 2006. |
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| | | This resolve directs the Department of Transportation to | | establish a committee within the department to develop a | | management plan for heavyweight trucks traveling on Maine roads | | north of Augusta due to the 80,000-pound weight limit on | | Interstate 95. |
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