1/7/2011
Trucking Info
Oklahoma will soon start work on the first two of nine new state-of-the-art truck inspection stations to be equipped with weigh-in-motion scales, remote infra-red vehicle temperature sensors and other cutting edge vehicle inspection technology.
The first of the new facilities will go up on Interstate 40 in Beckham County, and the second will be on Interstate 35 in Kay County. When they are complete, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation will build seven other ports of entry, which ODOT officials said would be designed to stop only those trucks that are operating illegally or unsafely.
The Tulsa (Oklahoma) World reported on Tuesday that The Oklahoma Corporation Commission provided $10 million to the state Department of Transportation to complete the construction of two recently approved highway weigh stations... FULL ARTICLE
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Fri, January 7, 2011
by John Cox