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Decline in over-height trucks on I-64

State reports sharp decline in over-height trucks on I-64
3/10/08
The Virginian-Pilot, VA

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Higher fines, bilingual brochures and custom-tailored computer programs are helping win the long struggle against over-height trucks entering the westbound tube at the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel.

The Virginia Department of Transportation is reporting a 66 percent decline in the number of too-tall trucks that cause all traffic to stop so they can turn around at the Fort Wool island tunnel entrance.

Turning the trucks around is the leading cause of preventable delays on Interstate 64.
Over the past three years, the number of trucks turned back fell from 1,022 in 2005, or about three a day, to 348 last year, or about one a day, VDOT said.
“This is a significant improvement, very impressive,” said Dwayne Cook , VDOT’s director of regional operations.

Cook credited the work to a “whole assortment” of efforts by tunnel workers, including a public outreach campaign that targeted Hispanic truckers who apparently had not understood previous campaigns to educate drivers about the tunnel limitations.
more herre................http://hamptonroads.com/2008/03/stat...ght-trucks-i64

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