Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §2354-A is enacted to read:

§2354-A.__Pilot project to allow commercial vehicles at Canadian

weight limits access to Woodland Commercial Park in

Baileyville

1.__Pilot project.__Notwithstanding section 2354, the Commissioner of Transportation, in consultation with the Department of Public Safety and the Department of the Secretary of State, is authorized to conduct a pilot project that allows certain commercial vehicles at Canadian gross vehicle weight limits to travel from the planned Calais - St. Stephen, New Brunswick bridge to the junction of U.S. Route 1 and U.S. Route 9 in Baileyville.__This pilot project must include the following conditions and components.

A.__The new bridge and access road must be__open to all traffic, with the only allowable route of travel under the pilot project being from the United States-Canada border to the intersection of the access road and U.S. Route 1 and then westerly on U.S. Route 1 to the intersection of U.S. Route 1 and U.S. Route 9 in Baileyville.

B.__Allowable truck configurations under this pilot project must be limited to:

(1)__A 3-axle truck tractor with a 3-axle semitrailer at a gross vehicle weight of 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.

C.__Maine axle weight limits, axle group limits, commodity allowances, maximum dimensions and all other commercial vehicle limits and requirements must apply under the pilot project, except that the B-train double overall length limit must be 82.02 feet, or 25 meters.

D.__The manufacturer's ratings for gross vehicle weight, axle capacity, brake systems and other components for which a manufacturer's rating is available may not be exceeded under the pilot project.