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RESOLUTION NO. 47- p3
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
DESERT, CALIFORNIA, OPPOSING LIFTING THE ISTEA TRUCK
SIZE AND WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS AND MAINTAINING CURRENT
ISTEA TRUCK LIMITATIONS.
WHEREAS, the Palm Desert City Council is committed to maintaining highway safety
for its residents and opposing increased costs for maintenance of roads and bridges; and
WHEREAS, heavier trucks already are a serious safety problem. In 1995, 4,903 people
were killed in truck -related crashes and over 100,000 were injured. California leads the nation in
the number of truck accidents and truck fatalities; and
WHEREAS, lifting the current truck size and weight restrictions on longer combination
vehicles under the 1991 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act will jeopardize
highway safety; increase traffic congestion, increase air pollution, and increase costs of
maintaining roads and bridges.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Palm Desert City Council opposes
lifting the ISTEA truck size and weight restrictions and urges the President of the United States
and the United States Congress to maintain the current ISTEA truck limitations.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 11 t ay of December , 1997 by the
Palm Desert City Council as follows:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN: NONE
A I"I"EST:
CRITES, BELLY SPIEGEL, BENSON
FERGUSON
NONE
`+ - SHEIK )R. GILLIGAN
CITY CLERK