Idaho

Transportation Department

8/14/2007






ITD opens new weigh station on Idaho 46 north of Wendell

SHOSHONE - A new port of entry portable weigh station site has opened on Idaho 46 between Wendell and Gooding, the Idaho Transportation Department announced.

 

The new site, located at milepost 3 and just north of Wendell, was built because the section was seen as a gap in the primary goal to monitor commercial vehicles for compliance with size and weight laws.

 

The new site joins two permanent ports of entry on U.S. 93 near Hollister and Interstate 84 at Cotterell near Malta as well as the 14 other portable sites on state highways in the area. There also are several sites on local highways in which the state will work with law enforcement when requested by local highway districts, county and city officials or when officers observe flagrant violations in an area.

 

The roving ports of entry help enforce federal and state safety and hazardous material regulations, registration, permit and driver qualification compliance. The operation of the portable sites is necessary to ensure that heavy trucks do not destroy or damage Idaho roads prematurely.

 

The Idaho Port of Entry does not target any specific type of industry, ITD Port of Entry Area Supervisor Dennis Black said.

"We try and ensure compliance by all commercial and agriculture vehicles we have the authority to regulate," Black said. "This is just one highway that is an obvious hole in our system."