Truck Enforcement and Screening Station (TESS) Status Briefing May 18, 2017
Welcome Introductions Key Personnel Glenn Leon Guerrero, DPW Director Felix Benavente, DPW Deputy Director Joaquin Blaz, DPW Acting Administrator, Highways Division Ben Guerrero, DPW TESS Supervisor Brady Nadell, PE, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Guam Transportation Program
Update Summary What is the current status of the TESS and implementation of the weight law? The last industry meeting was held on March 15, 2017 Numerous companies have met with the DPW and voluntarily used the TESS to assess their own truck fleet Since soft operations have begun, approximately 1239 trucks have been weighed and 1225 trucks have been cited (353 additional vehicles weighed and 352 additional vehicles cited since March 9, 2017) DPW is continuing to weigh vehicles while refining operations at the TESS DPW is planning for full enforcement of the law starting July 3, 2017
Permits The DPW will be issuing permits for companies having difficulties meeting the current vehicle weight law Businesses can apply for a permit starting May 22, 2017 at the TESS facility Once approved, business can make payment and pick up the permit at the DPW For additional information or status of the permit, contact Mr. Ben Guerrero at 477-1767 or Ms. Linda Ibanez at 649-3155
Permits Allowable Permit Weights 20 FOOT CONTAINER ALLOWABLE PERMIT WEIGHTS (LBS) SEALED CONTAINER AXLE CATEGORIES Δ BRIDGE GROSS TANDEM (2) TRIDEM (3) Aggregate Material 41,000 49,000 +15,000 82,000 Animal Feed 39,000 47,000 +10,000 82,000 Building/Construction Material 41,000 49,000 +15,000 82,000 Consumable Liquid 36,000 44,000 +6,000 82,000 Dairy Products 41,000 49,000 +12,000 82,000 Home Improvement Supply 34,000 42,000 +2,000 80,000 Industrial Liquid 39,000 47,000 +10,000 85,000 Industrial Material 38,000 46,000 +6,000 84,000 Mixed Consumer Merchandise 38,000 46,000 +10,000 82,000 Refrigerated Foodstuff 41,000 49,000 +15,000 82,000 Non-Refrigerated Foodstuff 39,000 47,000 +10,000 82,000 Rice 41,000 49,000 +15,000 82,000 Sugar 41,000 49,000 +15,000 82,000 Metalware 41,000 49,000 +15,000 82,000 Paper 38,000 46,000 +10,000 82,000
Permits Allowable Permit Weights 40 FOOT CONTAINER ALLOWABLE PERMIT WEIGHTS (LBS) SEALED CONTAINER AXLE CATEGORIES Δ BRIDGE GROSS TANDEM (2) TRIDEM (3) Aggregate Material 41,000 49,000 +12,000 90,000 Animal Feed 41,000 49,000 +12,000 90,000 Building/Construction Material 41,000 49,000 +12,000 90,000 Consumable Liquid 38,000 46,000 +6,000 84,000 Dairy Products 40,000 48,000 +10,000 88,000 Home Improvement Supply 38,000 46,000 +6,000 84,000 Industrial Liquid 40,000 48,000 +10,000 88,000 Industrial Material 38,000 46,000 +6,000 84,000 Mixed Consumer Merchandise 39,000 47,000 +8,000 88,000 Refrigerated Foodstuff 41,000 49,000 +12,000 90,000 Non-Refrigerated Foodstuff 40,000 48,000 +10,000 88,000 Rice 41,000 49,000 +12,000 90,000 Sugar 41,000 49,000 +12,000 90,000 Metalware 40,000 48,000 +10,000 88,000 Paper 40,000 48,000 +10,000 88,000
What Have We Learned? In over 7 months of operation, we have found that: Of all the trucks weighed since October 5th, 1225 out of 1239 (99%) have been in violation of Guam s current weight law. This does not account for all vehicles exiting the port of Guam Of those 1225 trucks, 1062 (87%) also violated the Guam s former weight law Of the 1225 trucks who were in violation of the current law, 470 (38%) of those trucks violated the Gross Vehicle Weight limit of 80,000 pounds Of the remaining 755 trucks that were under the 80,000 pound limit, 731 (97%) violated the axle weight limit A total of approximately 150+ trucks were directed to the WIM but failed to stop and bypassed the TESS Approximately 14%* of all vehicles carrying load exiting the Port of Guam were found to be in violation of the current weight law based on the data supplied by the weigh in motion scales. *This percentage accounts for only five (5) day s worth of data. The DPW plans to continue collecting data to substantiate this finding. Vehicles that could not be read properly by the WIM scales due to driver error or vehicles that completely bypassed WIM scales are not included in the calculation of this percentage.
What Have We Learned? Here s our results:
NUMBER OF TRUCKS Results Time Frame: October 5, 2016 to May 15, 2017 Numbers are based only on vehicles directed into the weigh facility. Does not account for all vehicles exiting the port. ALL POTENTIAL BRIDGE FORMULA VIOLATIONS (1225 REVIEWED) 350 300 302 293 250 206 200 150 100 144 109 87 84 50 0 NO VIOLATION 1 to 2000 2000 to 4000 4000 to 6000 6000 to 8000 8000 to 10,000 Over 10,000 BRIDGE FORMULA WEIGHT OVER LEGAL LIMIT (POUNDS)
PERCENTAGE OF TRUCKS Results Time Frame: October 5, 2016 to May 15, 2017 Numbers are based only on vehicles directed into the weigh facility. Does not account for all vehicles exiting the port. ALL POTENTIAL BRIDGE FORMULA VIOLATIONS BY PERCENTAGE (1225 REVIEWED) 30% 29% 25% 25% 24% 22% 20% 17% 16% 15% 10% 5% 12% 11% 9% 9% 7% 7% 5% 7% 0% NO VIOLATION 1 to 2000 2000 to 4000 4000 to 6000 6000 to 8000 8000 to 10,000 Over 10,000 BRIDGE FORMULA WEIGHT OVER LEGAL LIMIT (POUNDS) Oct-16 to May-17 (Overall) Mar-17 to May 17
NUMBE OF TRUCKS Results Time Frame: October 5, 2016 to May 15, 2017 Numbers are based only on vehicles directed into the weigh facility. Does not account for all vehicles exiting the port. ALL POTENTIAL AXLE WEIGHT VIOLATIONS (1225 REVIEWED) 350 350 300 250 259 223 200 162 150 100 50 29 93 109 0 NO VIOLATION 1 to 2000 2000 to 4000 4000 to 6000 6000 to 8000 8000 to 10,000 over 10,000 AXLE WEIGHT OVER LEGAL LIMIT (POUNDS)
PERCENTAGE OF TRUCKS Results Time Frame: October 5, 2016 to May 15, 2017 Numbers are based only on vehicles directed into the weigh facility. Does not account for all vehicles exiting the port. ALL POTENTIAL AXLE WEIGHT VIOLATIONS BY PERCENTAGE (1225 REVIEWED) 30% 26% 29% 29% 25% 20% 21% 18% 17% 15% 13% 14% 10% 8% 9% 7% 7% 5% 0% 2% 0% NO VIOLATION 1 to 2000 2000 to 4000 4000 to 6000 6000 to 8000 8000 to 10,000 over 10,000 AXLE WEIGHT OVER LEGAL LIMIT (POUNDS) Oct-16 to May-17 (Overall) Mar-17 to May-17
Results Time Frame: October 5, 2016 to May 15, 2017 Numbers are based only on vehicles directed into the weigh facility. Does not account for all vehicles exiting the port. In-Depth Analysis of Axle Violations: Vehicle Group In Consideration: 5 axle tractor semi-trailer combination Accounts for 1069/1225 (87%) of citations Of the 1069 vehicles, 21 (2%) are not in violation of any axle criteria 296 (28%) are in violation in both the tractor tandems and semi-trailer tandems 427 (40%) are in violation in the tractor tandems only 325 (30%) are in violation in the semi-trailer tandems only
NUMBER OF TRUCKS Results Time Frame: October 5, 2016 to May 15, 2017 Numbers are based only on vehicles directed into the weigh facility. Does not account for all vehicles exiting the port. ALL POTENTIAL GROSS WEIGHT VIOLATIONS (1225 REVIEWED) 800 755 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 85 89 63 58 56 119 0 NO VIOLATION 1 to 2000 2000 to 4000 4000 to 6000 6000 to 8000 8000 to 10,000 over 10,000 GROSS WEIGHT OVER LEGAL LIMIT (80,000 POUNDS)
PERCENTAGE OF TRUCKS Results Time Frame: October 5, 2016 to May 15, 2017 Numbers are based only on vehicles directed into the weigh facility. Does not account for all vehicles exiting the port. ALL POTENTIAL GROSS WEIGHT VIOLATIONS BY PERCENTAGE (1225 REVIEWED) 70% 60% 66% 62% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 7% 8% 7% 5% 5% 3% 5% 4% 5% 4% 10% 9% 0% NO VIOLATION 1 to 2000 2000 to 4000 4000 to 6000 6000 to 8000 8000 to 10,000 over 10,000 GROSS WEIGHT OVER LEGAL LIMIT (80,000 POUNDS) Oct-16 to May-17 (Overall) Mar-17 to May-17
NUMBER OF TRUCKS Results Time Frame: October 5, 2016 to May 15, 2017 Numbers are based only on vehicles directed into the weigh facility. Does not account for all vehicles exiting the port. ALL POTENTIAL AGGREGATE VIOLATIONS (1225 REVIEWED) 800 755 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 302 29 259 206 350 144 85 89 293 223 109 162 87 84 93 63 58 56 109119 0 NO VIOLATION 1 to 2000 2000 to 4000 4000 to 6000 6000 to 8000 8000 to 10,000 over 10,000 BRIDGE FORMULA VIOLATIONS AXLE WEIGHT VIOLATIONS GROSS WEIGHT VIOLATIONS WEIGHT OVER LEGAL LIMIT (POUNDS)
PERCENTAGE OF TRUCKS Results Time Frame: October 5, 2016 to May 15, 2017 Numbers are based only on vehicles directed into the weigh facility. Does not account for all vehicles exiting the port. ALL POTENTIAL AGGREGATE VIOLATIONS BY PERCENTAGE (1225 REVIEWED) 70% 60% 62% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 29% 25% 24% 21% 17% 18% 12% 13% 9% 7% 7% 8% 9% 10% 7% 7% 5% 5% 2% 5% NO VIOLATION 1 to 2000 2000 to 4000 4000 to 6000 6000 to 8000 8000 to 10,000 over 10,000 BRIDGE FORMULA VIOLATIONS AXLE WEIGHT VIOLATIONS GROSS WEIGHT VIOLATIONS WEIGHT OVER LEGAL LIMIT (POUNDS)
Next Steps What are the next steps before the law becomes effective? Meetings and an education effort to assist companies in understanding how to become compliant Continue to make the TESS facility and staff available to assess the tare weights of their fleet as well as refine the loading techniques DPW will continue to refine its operating procedures in preparation for full implementation of the vehicle weight law DPW will move forward with issuing permits for companies having difficulties meeting the current vehicle weight law DPW is in the process of purchasing and developing implementation plans for portable scales to be used islandwide Next industry meeting will be held on
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