Oklahoma Transportation Commission awards contract for second weigh station to check commercial trucks. Eventually nine modern centers open 24 hours a day will be in position near the state's borders.
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BY MICHAEL MCNUTT 0
Published: November 9, 2010
The state moved another step closer Monday to having nine weigh stations intended to protect the state's roads and bridges from overweight trucks.
The Oklahoma Transportation Commission awarded its second contract in as many months for a new weigh station. It will take about six years to have all nine of the stations operating, Transportation Department Director Gary Ridley said.
The new weigh stations will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week and will be checking trucks' weight, cargo and drivers, he said.
"They are extremely important to us," he said. "We think they will save our highways and bridges simply because of ensuring that we have a legal-loaded vehicle that comes into the state. Right now our borders are completely open. It's important that they're 24-hour operations and that we're looking at all of the cargo as it comes into the state to ensure both that it's a load of legal weight and that the manifest is what it is and the driver is who it's supposed to be." FULL ARTICLE
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Tue, November 9, 2010
by Crystal Drwenski