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Tres Alamos residents urge Cochise County to reaffirm 12-ton limit, post signage and enforce after heavy truck traffic
Summary
Residents told the Cochise County Board of Supervisors they observed heavy truck traffic on North Ocotillo Road that they say exceeds a 12-ton posted limit; they asked the board to declare the limit, install signage at the county boundary and enforce it to protect the roadway and public safety.
Residents and members of the Tres Alamos Community Alliance urged the Cochise County Board of Supervisors on March 11 to affirm and enforce a 12-ton weight limit for North Ocotillo Road, citing photographs, county records and repeated truck traffic to 2150 North Ocotillo Road.
Gene Renick, a TACA member who presented the road history, said county printed charts list a 12-ton limit but that a county public-works director apparently told residents the limit is 40 tons. "We have a chart from the county printed road bridal weight limits. It says 12 tons. Yet, we have direct word through a person in the county that it is 40 tons," Renick said.
Renick and other residents said the road was chip seal on a substandard base for heavy truck traffic, lacks paved shoulders and began showing cracking and potholes after heavy hauling associated with the site. They said Huachuca Concrete previously sought an increased limit in 2005 tied to an agreement to upgrade the road; residents said the full upgrades described in that agreement were never completed.
Residents requested that supervisors: formally affirm that the weight limit north of Benson is 12 tons; install prominent signage at the county boundary stating the limit; and ensure that the limit is enforced so calls from residents reporting overweight trucks result in enforcement. They also asked that the property owner at 2150 North Ocotillo Road be notified of the limit and told not to operate vehicles that exceed it.
Mr. Walker, speaking for TACA, emphasized that residents are not seeking county funds but want enforcement and oversight. Shane Mattson, who identified himself as the property owner, told the supervisors he would meet with neighbors and county staff and said he was not intentionally causing harm.
Presenters cited Resolution 93-38 (April 1993) as a historical restatement of a 12-ton limit and referenced a 2005 proposal involving Huachuca Concrete that tied a raised limit to county-funded road upgrades. County engineering staff were asked to review the history and to provide the supervisors with a clear statement of the current legal weight limit and options for signage and enforcement.
Ending
Supervisors asked county staff to review TACA's materials and follow up with answers about the official weight limit, signage and potential enforcement steps; no formal board action or vote took place at the work session.
