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Councilor Lori Pomelow ---- Law Maker or Law Breaker?
PART TWO:
There has been much debate about the weight limit on Wing Street but no one seems to know what that weight limit is. The signs at both ends of Wing Street state “No Thru Trucks” but the other part of the regulation “The weight limit is conspicuously absent.
After much searching I found what the sign should read. I refer you to the Minutes of the March 1 2011 Council meeting. In this Official Town document It clearly states that Wing St. should not be used by vehicles exceeding 5 ton. This restriction of 10,000 lbs would exclude some heavy duty 4 wheeled pickup trucks along with almost all six wheel vehicles. This posting is a correct reflection of the roads inability to handle heavy loads.
It is my understanding that many Tractor Trailers have a front axle weight capability of about 12,000 lbs and drive axles GVAW of around 34,000 lbs. (each) along with a total legal weight rating including trailer of about 80,000 lbs. This is up to 8 times the weight limit of Wing Street.
There has been much debate about the weight limit on Wing Street but no one seems to know what that weight limit is. The signs at both ends of Wing Street state “No Thru Trucks” but the other part of the regulation “The weight limit is conspicuously absent.
After much searching I found what the sign should read. I refer you to the Minutes of the March 1 2011 Council meeting. In this Official Town document It clearly states that Wing St. should not be used by vehicles exceeding 5 ton. This restriction of 10,000 lbs would exclude some heavy duty 4 wheeled pickup trucks along with almost all six wheel vehicles. This posting is a correct reflection of the roads inability to handle heavy loads.
It is my understanding that many Tractor Trailers have a front axle weight capability of about 12,000 lbs and drive axles GVAW of around 34,000 lbs. (each) along with a total legal weight rating including trailer of about 80,000 lbs. This is up to 8 times the weight limit of Wing Street.
Empty Imagine Loaded!
What do you think happens to a road designed for 10,000 lbs. when it is regularly used by a tractor trailer weighing many times the roads design weight? Does the Lisbon Council think that these road crushing loads are somehow lightened if the trucks are owned by a Councilor or other Lisbon resident?
If we are going to continue to ignore this obvious problem we should set aside a few hundred thousand dollars, every few years, to cover the cost of rebuilding Wing Street and Scottsdale Ave. on a regular basis.
I resent having to subsidize illegal activity.
Respectfully
Joe Hill
LisbonMaine.net
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