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Titus County holds workshop on proposed I‑30 weigh station; DPS presents inspection numbers and technology; commissioners seek financial data
Summary
County officials and DPS representatives discussed a proposed I‑30 weigh station and truck parking project. DPS described 7,343 inspections, 733 vehicles removed from service and 315 citations (fiscal year window presented); commissioners asked for multi‑year revenue and enforcement data and said they will file records requests and consider applying for a State Infrastructure Bank loan to get precise loan terms.
Titus County commissioners held a public workshop following a special meeting to review a proposed I‑30 weigh station and truck parking facility and hear from Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) representatives and county staff about operations, enforcement and financing.
A DPS enforcement officer who presented (identified in the record by attendees as a trooper and addressed in testimony by name at later points) described recent enforcement activity in Titus County. "Out of that year...7,343 inspections were conducted in Titus County," the presenter said, adding that officers removed 733 vehicles from the road as unsafe and removed 144 drivers from service. He said 315 citations were issued and 5,392 warnings were given during the fiscal period he reviewed. He also described the proposed technology for a new facility: license‑plate…
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