An Act Concerning Commercial Vehicles at Canadian Weight Limits Traveling to Certain Points in the State
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 0554
Committee: Transportation
Sponsors: MAKER, BURNS, ALLEY, BEAR, MARTIN, STANLEY, TUELL, TURNER, EDGECOMB, ROSEN
Amends: 29-A MRSA §2354-C

Legislative Document 
No. 554 
H.P. 378 
House of Representatives, February 26, 2015 
An Act Concerning Commercial Vehicles at Canadian Weight 
Limits Traveling to Certain Points in the State 
Reference to the Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed. 
ROBERT B. HUNT 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative MAKER of Calais. 
Cosponsored by Senator BURNS of Washington and 
Representatives: ALLEY of Beals, BEAR of the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, MARTIN 
of Sinclair, STANLEY of Medway, TUELL of East Machias, TURNER of Burlington, 
Senators: EDGECOMB of Aroostook, ROSEN of Hancock. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  29-A MRSA §2354-C, sub-§1, ¶A, as amended by PL 2011, c. 356, §22, 
is further amended to read: 
A.  The only allowable routes of travel are from the United States-Canada border in 
Calais north on U.S. Route 1 to Access Road in Baileyville, east on Access Road to 
Domtar Woodland Mill Pulp LLC mill or its successor on Main Street and north on 
Main Street to the Louisiana-Pacific Oriented Strand Board mill or its successor 
former oriented strand board facility in Baileyville; from the United States-Canada 
border in Madawaska then directly north or south into the Fraser Papers Twin Rivers 
facility or its successor in Madawaska or up Bridge Street to Mill Street in 
Madawaska in order to reverse direction; and from the United States-Canada border 
in Van Buren on Bridge Street, west to Main Street, also designated as Route 1, then 
north on Main Street approximately 1 1/2 miles from the border. 
Sec. 2.  29-A MRSA §2354-C, sub-§1, ¶¶B and C, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 
326, §2, are amended to read: 
B.  Allowable truck configuration is limited to: 
(1)  A 3-axle truck tractor with a 3-axle semitrailer at a gross vehicle weight of 
108,900 pounds.  The individual weight distribution maximum limits are as 
follows:  for the steering axle, 12,375 pounds; for the drive axles, 40,500 pounds; 
and for the semitrailer axles, 58,500 pounds, but in no case may the total of these 
values exceed 108,900 pounds; and 
(2)  A 3-axle truck tractor with a semitrailer-semitrailer combination, configured 
as a B-train double with 8 axles total, at a gross vehicle weight of 137,700 
pounds.  The weight of the 2nd semitrailer may not exceed the weight of the first 
semitrailer.; and 
(3)  A 3-axle truck tractor with a 4-axle semitrailer at a gross vehicle weight of 
122,380 pounds.  The individual weight distribution maximum limits are as 
follows: for the steering axle, 12,375 pounds; for the drive axles, 40,500 pounds; 
and for the semitrailer axles, 72,000 pounds, but in no case may the total of these 
values exceed 122,380 pounds. 
C.  Maine axle weight limits, axle group limits, commodity allowances, maximum 
dimensions and all other commercial vehicle limits and requirements apply, except 
that the B-train double overall length limit must be not greater than 82.02 feet, or 25 
meters, and the 4-axle semitrailer length limit must be not greater than 53.15 feet, or 
16.2 meters. 
SUMMARY 
This bill changes the weight limits that certain commercial vehicles may have when 
traveling from the United States-Canada border to certain points in the State.