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An Act Concerning Commercial Vehicles at Canadian Weight Limits Traveling to Certain Points in the State
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §2354-C, sub-§1, ¶A, as amended by PL 2011, c. 356, §22, is further amended to read:
 
A. The only allowable routes of travel are from the United States-Canada border in Calais north on U.S. Route 1 to Access Road in Baileyville, east on Access Road to Domtar Woodland MillPulp LLC mill or its successor on Main Street and north on Main Street to the Louisiana-Pacific Oriented Strand Board mill or its successorformer oriented strand board facility in Baileyville; from the United States-Canada border in Madawaska then directly north or south into the Fraser PapersTwin Rivers facility or its successor in Madawaska or up Bridge Street to Mill Street in Madawaska in order to reverse direction; and from the United States-Canada border in Van Buren on Bridge Street, west to Main Street, also designated as Route 1, then north on Main Street approximately 1 1/2 miles from the border.
Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §2354-C, sub-§1, ¶¶B and C, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 326, §2, are amended to read:
 
B. Allowable truck configuration is limited to:
 
(1) A 3-axle truck tractor with a 3-axle semitrailer at a gross vehicle weight of 108,900 pounds. The individual weight distribution maximum limits are as follows: for the steering axle, 12,375 pounds; for the drive axles, 40,500 pounds; and for the semitrailer axles, 58,500 pounds, but in no case may the total of these values exceed 108,900 pounds; and
 
(2) A 3-axle truck tractor with a semitrailer-semitrailer combination, configured as a B-train double with 8 axles total, at a gross vehicle weight of 137,700 pounds. The weight of the 2nd semitrailer may not exceed the weight of the first semitrailer.; and
 
(3) A 3-axle truck tractor with a 4-axle semitrailer at a gross vehicle weight of 122,380 pounds. The individual weight distribution maximum limits are as follows: for the steering axle, 12,375 pounds; for the drive axles, 40,500 pounds; and for the semitrailer axles, 72,000 pounds, but in no case may the total of these values exceed 122,380 pounds.
 
C. Maine axle weight limits, axle group limits, commodity allowances, maximum dimensions and all other commercial vehicle limits and requirements apply, except that the B-train double overall length limit must be not greater than 82.02 feet, or 25 meters, and the 4-axle semitrailer length limit must be not greater than 53.15 feet, or 16.2 meters.
 
SUMMARY
This bill changes the weight limits that certain commercial vehicles may have when traveling from the United States-Canada border to certain points in the State.