Representatives from Caltrans, CHP and Shasta Regional Transportation Agency (SRTA) joined CTA member Muse Trucking on a ride-along to inform the agencies on the major issues affecting the goods movement sector along the I-5 corridor in Shasta County. Caltrans and SRTA are in the process of developing and submitting grants to receive federal funding for upgrades and expansion on the I-5 in the Shasta region.
The ride-along provided the agencies’ representatives a freight-focused perspective on the challenges operators face on the corridor. SRTA have revised their top priorities to include extending onramps and expanding I-5 in the Redding urban area from two to three lanes to prevent collisions to reduce congestion from passenger vehicles exiting and entering from the interstate.
Thank you to Frank Muse of Muse Trucking for representing CTA and sharing solutions to challenges operators like himself face every day.
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) recently released updated draft regulatory language for the Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) regulation.
CARB will host the second workshop to discuss the new proposed language for Drayage fleet requirements.
CARB staff will discuss the newly proposed requirement this Friday, May 6 at 9 AM.
Under the proposal, any truck entering the port and registering in the Drayage Truck Registry (DTR) starting January 1, 2024 must be zero-emission and all diesel trucks must be registered in the DTR before January 1, 2024.
Axle Weight Requirement Issue Fixed: A couple of months ago Caltrans announced that it would be requiring axle weight rating (as part of the inspection report) when applying for a transportation permit. Following notification of the new requirement, many CTA heavy haul members expressed concerns with this new requirement.
Following the announcement CTA and a few impacted members met with Caltrans management and explained industry’s concerns with the axle weight rating requirement. During the meeting, CTA and its members offered an alternative, require the steer axle weight instead of the drive axle weight. After reviewing the proposal, Caltrans informed CTA that they were accepting the proposal and would make sure it was reflected in their inspection report process. Many thanks to the CTA members for their involvement in this issue.
Inspection Report Work Group: The Transportation Permit Manual Inspection Report Work Group met earlier this week for the first time. The Work Group is comprised of CTA, CTA Heavy Specialized Carrier members, representatives from the Southern California Contractors Association and Caltrans (permit staff and management). The purpose of the Work Group is to make the Inspection Report more efficient and exploring if the Inspection report is even necessary. During the meeting it was brought up that when Caltrans transitions to an Automated Transportation Permit System the Inspection Report may become obsolete.
Because the transition to an automated transportation permit system is a few years away, an Inspection Report compromise has been offered to Caltrans; it is essentially a grandfathering type of proposal.
Conceptually: If a carrier already has an Inspection Report on file that has the same dimensions/configuration (or almost the same) they do not have to provide an Inspection Report.
If a carrier does not have the same configuration Inspection Report on file and or it’s a “unique” type of load they would be subject to providing an Inspection Report.
Caltrans is currently reviewing the proposal.
For more information or if you want to get involved with the Work Group contact Eric Sauer at esauer@caltrux.org.
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