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CITY COUNCIL ACTION
Council Meeting Date: March 25, 2024
Item No: 24-109
Responsible Dept: Public Works
Action Requested: Ordinance Map/Lot: N/A
Title, Ordinance
Amending Chapter 291, Vehicles And Traffic, to Update Vehicle Weight Limits to Coordinate with Maine DOT
Weight Limits
Summary
This Ordinance will amend City Code Chapter 291, Vehicles and Traffic, Sections 29 and 30, to increase the
current weight limit of 3 1/2 tons to 23,000 Ibs on certain streets in Bangor.
The Maine Department of Transportation is responsible for maintenance of roads across the State of Maine.
Their statewide weight limit for all roads during the winter months, generally November through May, is
23,000 Ibs. Setting the City of Bangor weight limit at 23,000 Ibs allows businesses to manage their supply
chain with more consistency, as weight limits don't change at the town line.
This change will place no additional risk on City streets as we have been inadvertently advertising and
enforcing a 23,000 lb weight limit for decades.
Committee Action
Committee: Infrastructure
Action: Recommend passage
Staff Comments & Approvals
City Manager
Introduced for: First Reading
Meeting Date: March 18, 2024
For:
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City Solicitor
Against:
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24-109 03/25/2024
CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE
Date: March 25, 2024
Assigned to Councilor: Fournier
ORDINANCE, Amending Chapter 291, Vehicles and Traffic, to update vehicle weight limits to coordinate with
Maine DOT weight limits.
WHEREAS, at present, weight load limits on certain City of Bangor Streets is 3 a/2 tons, during winter
months;
WHEREAS, in order to provide for consistent load limits across the State of Maine, allowing for facilitation of
efficient supply chain logistics;
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BANGOR AS FOLLOWS, THAT
Chapter 291 of the Code of the City of Bangor is amended as follows:
§ 291-29 Weight limit on certain streets.
During the period between November 1 and May 15, except when otherwise determined to be necessary by
the City Engineer, no vehicle the gross weight of which (vehicle and load combined) exceeds 3 112 tens 23,000
Ibs shall pass over the portions of highways within the City of Bangor designated below or any City street
designated by the City Engineer, except when the surface of the road is solidly frozen.
Kenduskeag Avenue
Mount Hope Avenue
Ohio Street
Location
From Bomarc Road to Essex Stre
• Pushaw Road to Essex Stre
From Union Street to Finson Roal
From - - to north
From Ohio Street to Broadway
From '•• to Broadway
From • • Street to State Street
§ 291-30 No through trucks on certain streets.
On those streets and portions specified below, no through trucks in excess of 3 112 tens 23,000 Ibs gross
weight shall be allowed to pass at any one time of the day or night. (This provision shall not apply to school
buses or buses providing public transportation services on a regular schedule.) There shall be a sign posted at
each end at the streets so designated showing that through truck traffic is not allowed.
24-109
03/25/2024
StreetName of
Location
Bolling Drive
From Ohio Street to Griffin Road
Boutelle Road
From Hammond Street to Webster Avenue
Buck Street
From Webster Avenue to Main Street
Church Road
From Pushaw Road to Essex Street
Davis Road
From Finson Road to Union Street
Earl Street
From Broadway to Warwick Street
Eddyway Street
From Union Street to Hannibal Street
Eighteenth Street
From Union Street to Ohio Street
Essex Street
From City Line to Stillwater Avenue
Fern Street
From State Street to Garland Street
Finson Road
From Ohio Street to Broadway
Francis Street
From Fourteenth Street to Manners Avenue
Fruit Street
From State Street to Mt. Hope Avenue
Garland Street
From Broadway to Center Street
Hannibal Street
From Fourteenth Street to Fifteenth Street
Howard Street
From State Street to Stillwater Avenue
Kenduskeag Avenue
From Griffin Road to Broadway
Maple Street
From Garland Street to Mt. Hope Avenue
North Street
From East Street to West Street
Norway Road
From Hammond Street to Webster Avenue
Palm Street
From Stillwater Avenue to Mt. Hope Avenue
Pearl Street
From State Street to Mt. Hope Avenue
Perkins Street
From Hammond Street to Fourteenth Street
Royal Road
From Hammond Street to Webster Avenue
Seventeenth Street
From Union Street to Ohio Street
Sherman Avenue
From Kenduskeag Avenue to Falvey Street
South Park Street
From Center Street to Broadway
Thatcher Street
From Main Street to Farm Road
West Street
From Webster Avenue to Hammond Street
Westland Street
From Union Street to Ohio Street
Additions are underlined, deletions strtrel( thr-eugr.
IN CITY COUNCIL
MARCH 25, 2024
COrd 24-109
First Reading
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CITY CLERK
IN CITY COUNCIL
APRIL 8, 2024
COrd 24-109
Motion made and seconded for Passage
Vote: 6—0
Councilors Voting Yes: Deane, Fish, Leonard, Tremble, Yacoubagha, Tremble
Councilors Voting No: None
Passed
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