Red Rock Scales Officially Open this Weekend

Thursday, October 14, 2010 08:56 AM

Prince George, B.C. - After delays that added a year to the construction time and $9 million to the cost, the new weigh scales in Red Rock will officially open on Saturday.

The construction ran into soil issues after extremely heavy rainfallin the summer of 2008 which resulted in some geo-technical challenges.The end result means the weigh scales tipped the bugget from the original $30 million dollar plan to closer to $40 million .

The extra money was found in cost savings from other projects which came in on time and under budget.

The Ministry of Transportation has been running a pilot over the past month to calibrate the scales and make sure everything is working the way it is supposed to be working.

The new scales will use 'weigh-in-motion' technology that takes weight and measurements as the truck drives along the highway.

Meantime, the Ministry has introduced the Premium Carrier Progam to recognize and reward trucking firms for exceptional safety practices. As a reward, Premium Carriers receive free Weigh2GoBC transponders for their entire fleet and will be automatically assigned the lowest random report percentage (5 per cent) in the program, meaning fewer stops at inspection stations along their routes.

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Posted by: acrider54 on October 14 2010 9:21 AM

It's been a long drawn out process and about time! Im surpised they even made it this year. Now for Stone Creek I can see that being a three to four year project as well.

Posted by: seamutt on October 14 2010 10:20 AM

So why was that location on a hill picked? When just a few k south was a nice flat area which I would think could have been developed for a lot cheaper.

Posted by: theviewuphere on October 14 2010 11:05 AM

It will be great to see that project finally wrapped up, last time I drove there were four projects ongoing between Stone Cr and the Fraser River. But I will not complain because it seems like most of the many projects are done very efficiently with minimal disruption. Kudos to all the crews out there.

Posted by: He spoke on October 14 2010 12:29 PM

I think they picked the location, so that the trucks leaving the scale has a chance to roll down the hill a bit to pick up speed instead of relying on the fuel power to wind it up.

Posted by: Harbinger on October 14 2010 12:39 PM

Geo-technical challenges? Eight syllables instead of saying "mud". I love the English language.

Posted by: interceptor on October 14 2010 4:23 PM

Careful He Spoke - I said that a long time ago. Less braking on the way into the scale and less fuel to accelerate leaving the scale... I had people on here basically calling me an idiot and saying to take a physics class...
I guess gravity doesn't affect trucks? Lol

Posted by: seamutt on October 14 2010 5:03 PM

So I guess everywhere a truck starts or stops is hilly.

Posted by: gus on October 14 2010 7:54 PM

"So I guess everywhere a truck starts or stops is hilly."

Nope, not now, but maybe in the future it will be.

Take a flat piece of land; create two streets crossing each other at an intersection; raise the intersection above the lower plane of the land and we get basically the same effect. Not only that, but being at a high point when starting to enter the intersection, one also has a better view of the approaching traffic.

New human settlements will look like they are living amongst ant hills.

Posted by: supertech on October 14 2010 10:45 PM

I haven't had the pleasure of viewing this masterpiece. I hope they at least put a half mile merge lane both ways?