State Looking At Higher Weight Limits For Trucks

The state senate has approved a measure that sets higher weight limits on trucks carrying livestock on most Missouri roads. The senate voted yesterday (Thursday) 33 to 0 in favor of the legislation which expands current exemptions for milk trucks, allows livestock trucks to carry as much as 85,500 pounds and also allows them to exceed weight limits by ten percent for grain products during harvest seasons. The bill would apply to all state highways except interstates.