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The Oklahoman Editorial
Published: November 10, 2010
It will take some time, several more years, but eventually Oklahoma will be a state where truckers actually have to be concerned about getting cited for driving rigs that are too heavy.
That's hardly an issue now, because the state's current weigh stations are operational so little of the time. Most of them are outdated and none of them is open 24 hours a day, and as a result overweight trucks routinely roll along our highways and bridges.
State transportation officials estimate fewer than 10 percent of commercial trucks operating in our state are being weighed or inspected. Overweight trucks take a major toll on our roads, too many of which are already beaten up pretty badly.
There is help on the way, however. The Oklahoma Transportation Commission this week awarded its second contract in as many months for a new weigh station. It will be built on Interstate 40 in Beckham County, about two miles from the Texas border. The previous contract was for a weigh station on I-35 in Kay County, just south of the Kansas line... FULL ARTICLE
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Wed, November 10, 2010
by Crystal Drwenski