Lege Trend. Heavier Loads on Trucks. 5 Reasons Industry Supports it.

SB 1524 allows for heavier loads on big trucks when:

• $5000 annual permit is purchased
• traveling on a dwsignated corridor
• within 30 miles of a port of entry/border

Supporters say:

• anticipated 500,000 TEU increase in annual containerized exports of plastic resin
• $100 Billion in new or expanded plant capacity along Texas coast
• the rise in plastic resin is due to cheap natural gas feedstock
• American Chemistry COuncil warned that without allowing for larger loads would harm the economic advantages of the Gulf Coast
• Other states on the gulf provide for the same 100,000 load limit

SB 1524 | Texas | 2017 

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