Tender for New Weigh Scale Issued

Wednesday, April 02, 2008 09:25 AM

Prince George, B.C. - The tender has been issued for the construction of the new vehicle inspection station and weigh scale that will be built in the Red Rock area.

The work will be located on Highway 97,and will begin in May 2008. Theproject is to be completed in October 2009.

The work includes:
* Building approximately five kilometres of Cariboo Connector into four lanes, separated by a northbound/southbound Commercial Vehicle Inspection Station.
* Incorporating Weigh in Motion (WIM) and Automatic Vehicle Identification (AVI) technology with the CVIS and four laning design.
* Incorporating intersection improvements throughout this corridor.

The station's new Weigh in Motion (WIM) and Automatic Vehicle Identification (AVI) technology will allow safe, legal trucks to bypass the weigh scale at highway speeds. This will improve the efficiency of moving goods through the use of electronic clearance and roadside inspection.

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Posted on Wednesday, April 02, 2008 09:25 AM in News by 250 News

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Comments

Posted by: vocer on April 2 2008 9:33 AM

With a twinned brige and no scales we should be able to get across that bridge in no time. Long time coming

Posted by: giterdun on April 2 2008 11:53 AM

Anybody know who got the bid.

Posted by: Bridge on April 2 2008 12:02 PM

They have just called for tenders,not awarded the contrect.

cheers

Posted by: Death to Socialism on April 2 2008 12:10 PM

Sounds like some pretty cool technology. Quick! Somebody denounce it!

Posted by: diplomat on April 2 2008 1:29 PM

Another 5.0km of four lane Cariboo Connector!

Wow! My cruise control will love it!

Posted by: owl on April 2 2008 2:21 PM

"Automatic Vehicle Identification"

hmmmm ... for trucks only? or will this be for use in sending an automatic bill for using the road for all other vehicles as they do on toll roads these days.

http://www.407etr.com

and you thought we were just getting a carbon tax .... LOL

;-)

Posted by: owl on April 2 2008 2:27 PM

$20 to go 85 klicks ..... that would make it around $200 to Vancouver, more than tripling my gasoline costs .....

neat .....

Posted by: Death to Socialism on April 2 2008 2:48 PM

attaboy Owl

Posted by: YamaDooPolCat on April 2 2008 5:59 PM

IDL got the job.

Just a guess.

Posted by: Longnecks1 on April 2 2008 7:42 PM

IDL gets every job..wonder if I can find friends in the know

Posted by: red2b on April 2 2008 7:47 PM

"IDL got the job"
"IDL gets every job..wonder if I can find friends in the know"
Sounds like you both need to take some lessons in purchasing. Or is it just sour grapes? Maybe Longnecks should take some risk and submit a tender- maybe yama doo could help- or are you just both "armchair" contractors?

Posted by: whitewater on April 2 2008 10:03 PM

Hope the old scale gets moved to the railway museum.

Posted by: Palopu on April 3 2008 8:08 AM

Once the scale is moved and the bridge is twinned, we can go **Hell bent** to the intersection of 97 and 16 with the delayed left turns signals and sit on our butts and wait for the light to change. I predict traffic will back up and block the left turn lane into the Casino.

Posted by: Eagleone on April 4 2008 7:34 AM

I wonder if their plan is consistent for a dangerous goods route planning?