Kentucky Transportation Secretary Jim Gray has signed an official order suspending certain restrictions on motor carriers engaged in restoring power and removing debris in areas stricken by Hurricane Ida.
“Our cabinet is ready to help ensure that needed relief gets quickly to areas that have lost electric power and experienced heavy damage as a result of high winds and flooding from Hurricane Ida,” Gray said.
The order is effective through 12:01 a.m. EDT on September 9, 2021 and may be extended if needed. It temporarily relieves commercial drivers from maximum driving times and weigh station stops if providing response to affected areas.
In addition, the order authorizes the Transportation Cabinet’s Department of Vehicle Regulation to waive permit fees for overweight/over-dimensional vehicles. To ensure the safety of the traveling public, carriers must comply with safety requirements and have a copy of the order in the truck cab if operating under the authority of the official order.
View the order at https://drive.ky.gov/motor-carriers/Pages/Online-Services.aspx.
Hurricane Ida struck southeastern Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane packing winds of 130 to 156 miles per hour. Over a million Louisiana and Mississippi residents are without power, including the entire city of New Orleans.
Ida made landfall early Sunday afternoon just east of Houma and Dulac, Louisiana. At least one death is blamed on the storm and hundreds, possibly thousands of people are stranded by high water.
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By Ken Howlett, News Director
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