46.2-1142 - Overweight permits for concrete haulers.
§ 46.2-1142. Overweight permits for concrete haulers.
The Commissioner and local authorities of cities and towns, in theirrespective jurisdictions, upon written application made by the owner oroperator, shall issue overweight permits for operation of certain vehiclesused to haul concrete. Permits under this section shall be issued only forvehicles that are used exclusively for the mixing of concrete in transit orat a project site or for transporting necessary components in acompartmentalized vehicle to produce concrete immediately upon arrival at aproject site and either have (i) four axles with more than 22 feet betweenthe first and last axle of the vehicle or (ii) three axles. Any vehicleoperating under a permit issued pursuant to this section shall have a grossweight of no more than 60,000 pounds for three-axle vehicles and 70,000pounds for four-axle vehicles, a single axle weight of no more than 20,000pounds, tandem axle weight of no more than 40,000 pounds, and a tri-axlegrouping weight of no more than 50,000 pounds, with no single axle of suchtri-axle grouping exceeding the weight permitted for a single axle. Suchpermits shall be issued without cost. Such permit shall not designate theroute to be traversed nor contain restrictions or conditions not applicableto other vehicles in their general use of the highways.
Each vehicle, when loaded according to the provisions of a permit issuedunder this section, shall be operated at a reduced speed. The reduced speedlimit is to be 10 miles per hour slower than the legal speed limit in 55, 45,and 35 miles per hour speed limit zones.
(1973, c. 62, § 46.1-343.3; 1989, c. 727; 1994, c. 154; 1996, cc. 36, 87;2000, c. 265; 2003, c. 314.)