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Advocates push state to pilot weigh-in-motion systems to catch overweight trucks
Summary
Supporters told the committee HB 5241 would use weigh-in-motion sensors to monitor truck axle weights without stopping traffic, improving safety and preserving pavement; proponents cited federal pilots and an approximate $8,000-per-lane equipment estimate.
Proponents of HB 5241 told the Transportation Committee that weigh-in-motion technology can detect overweight trucks at highway speed and fill gaps left by intermittent or unmanned static weigh stations.
Representative Foster and civil-engineering witnesses described how sensors embedded in lanes collect axle-by-axle weight data and…
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