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Commissioners seek tighter road-routing rules as drilling traffic strains county bridges
Summary
After a photo showed an overweight crane using a low–load-limit bridge near a drilling site, the Lavaca County Commissioners Court asked staff, the county attorney and the sheriff to convene a special workshop to tighten routing language, bonding and penalties for oil-and-gas-related road permits.
The Lavaca County Commissioners Court on Nov. 10 discussed repeated concerns that drilling- and exploration-related equipment has used county roads and bridges in ways that exceed posted load limits and damage infrastructure.
A commissioner described a photograph of an 18-wheel crane crossing a bridge with a 40,000-pound limit near a County Road 226 drill site and said the county lacks an…
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