Coal Truck Weights Discussed: ; Companies Paying for Bridge Repairs, Official Testifies

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Coal trucks are becoming lighter and coal companies are paying for some bridge repairs in efforts to comply with a law raising truck weight limits in coalfield counties that is now being enforced, a Public Service Commission advisory committee learned.

The PSC began enforcing coal truck weight limits on June 1, Charles "Buddy" Covert, a staff attorney, told the Commercial Motor Vehicle Weight and Safety Enforcement Advisory Committee.

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Coal Truck Weights Discussed: ; Companies Paying for Bridge Repairs, Official Testifies

The 2003 law allows coal haulers to apply for special permits to carry up to 120,000 pounds on specific roads in 15 coalfield counties. Previously, larger highways in West Virginia had weight limits of ...

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