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Special Committee on Highway Weight Limits

Chair: Rep. Mark Gottlieb
Legislative Council Staff: Mark Patronsky and Don Salm
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2005 Wisconsin Act 167 mandates this study.  The study must review the system of motor vehicle weight limits on the state’s highways and bridges.  The study must include the issues and interrelationships between economic impacts, truck configurations, expected compliance levels and enforcement constraints, and impacts on the public infrastructure, operational, and safety issues.

Report to the Legislature
Recommendation to the Joint Legislative Council (March 14, 2007)
  • Results of the March 14 Joint Legislative Council Meeting
  • Proposed Report to the Legislature
  • LRB-1866/1, relating to requiring the Department of Transportation to study vehicle size and weight limits
Completed Committee Work (Pending JLC Review)
  • Letter, to the 2007 Co-Chairpersons of the Joint Committee on Finance from Chairperson Gottlieb
  • WLC: 0033/2, relating to requiring the department of transportation to study Wisconsin truck size and weight limits
January 8, 2007 Meeting
  • Proposed letter, to the 2007 Co-Chairpersons of the Joint Committee on Finance from Chairperson Gottlieb
  • WLC: 0033/1, relating to requiring the department of transportation to study Wisconsin truck size and weight limits
November 13, 2006 Meeting
  • Memo No. 2, Suggestions for Consideration by the Special Committee (November 3, 2006)
  • Cover page and executive summary, of Minnesota Truck Size and Weight Project (June 2006)
  • Wisconsin Act Memo, 2005 Wisconsin Act 167, Transportation of Raw Forest Products (April 5, 2006)
  • Memorandum, Highway Weight Limits, from Matthew Stohr, Wisconsin Counties Association Legislative Associate and Daniel Fedderly, P.E., R.L.S., WCHA Executive Director (November 13, 2006)
  • Memorandum, Log Truck Violations, from William Hennigan, Timber Producers Association of Wisconsin, Mark D. O'Connell, Wisconsin Counties Association, Daniel Fedderly, Wisconsin County Highway Association, and Matt Jensen, Wisconsin Professional Loggers Association (June 13, 2006)
  • Testimony, of Committee Member Charles Teasdale, Department of Transportation
  • DOT PowerPoint Presentation, Response to Questions from the Special Committee on Weight Limits
September 22, 2006 Meeting
  • Memo No. 1, Outline of State Statutes on Weight Limitations for Vehicles Operated on Highways (September 15, 2006)
  • Bill Draft LRB-1963/P1, requested by Rep. Friske on behalf of the DOT, completed February 2005--not introduced
  • Presentation, Wisconsin Department of Transportation
  • DOT Chart, Maximum Weight Limitations Summary
  • Testimony, of Bill Dyer, WI Liquid Waste Carriers Association
  • Testimony, of Casey Perry, WI Trooper's Association
  • Testimony, of Kurt Boehlein, WI Ready Mixed Concrete Association
  • Comments and issues, Committee Member Al Geurts
  • Letter and attachment, from Dennis Brown, WI Professional Loggers Association and Nadine Bailey, Timber Producers Association, addressed to County Highway Commissioners (August 10, 2000)