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| Sec. L-1. 29-A MRSA §2354-B, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 421, §1 and | affected by §2, is amended to read: |
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| §2354-B. Pilot project to allow commercial vehicles at Canadian |
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| weight limits to travel from the Canadian border at |
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| Calais to Baileyville and from the Canadian border |
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| at Van Buren to a rail yard in Van Buren |
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| | 1. Pilot project. Notwithstanding section 2354, the | Commissioner of Transportation, in consultation with the | Department of Public Safety and the Department of the Secretary | of State, is authorized to conduct a pilot project that allows | certain commercial vehicles at Canadian gross vehicle weight | limits to travel from the Canadian border at Calais to | Baileyville and from the Canadian border at Van Buren to a rail | yard in Van Buren. This pilot project must include the following | conditions and components. |
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| A. The only allowable route routes of travel under the pilot | project is are travel from the United States-Canada border | in Calais, across North Street to U.S. Route 1, north on | U.S. Route 1 to Access Road in Baileyville, east on Access | Road to Domtar Woodland Mill on Main Street and north on | Main Street to the Louisiana-Pacific Oriented Strand Board | mill in Baileyville; and from the United States-Canada | border in Van Buren on Bridge Street, east into the rail | yard in Van Buren, located approximately 2/10 of one mile | from the border. |
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| B. Allowable truck configuration under this pilot project | must be limited to: |
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| (1) A 3-axle truck tractor with a 3-axle semitrailer | at a gross vehicle weight of 108,900 pounds; and |
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| (2) A 3-axle truck tractor with a semitrailer- | semitrailer combination, configured as a B-train double | with 8 axles total, at a gross vehicle weight of | 137,700 pounds. The weight of the 2nd semitrailer may | not exceed the weight of the first semitrailer. |
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| C. Maine axle weight limits, axle group limits, commodity |
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| allowances, maximum dimensions and all other commercial | vehicle limits and requirements must apply under the pilot | project, except that the B-train double overall length limit | must be 82.02 feet, or 25 meters. |
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