ORDER for Road Restrictions Highway 44 (revised)

ORDER for Road Restrictions on Hwy 44 (revised)
This order supersedes the order issued May 1, 2002

Pursuant to section 35 of The Highways and Transportation Act, 2001.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that effective 12:00 Midnight, August 10, 2003, and until further notice, vehicles other than those exempted below and those vehicles described in subsections 3(1) and (2) of the "The Vehicle Weight and Dimensions Regulations, 1999", on the following provincial highway:

• Hwy No. 44 from the municipal road at the NE corner of Section 24, Township 26, Range 1, West of the 3rd Meridian (known as the "Meridian Road") to its intersection with Highway No. 19 north of Loreburn, except for:

i) When directly crossing Hwy No. 44 at an intersecting public highway

Shall be restricted as follows:

• The maximum gross vehicle weight not to exceed 8 000 kg (17,600 lbs.)
• The maximum gross weight on any axle unit not to exceed 6 000 kg (13,200 lbs.)

The restriction applies to all vehicles except those listed below:

• Emergency vehicles;
• Department of Highways and Transportation vehicles when conducting maintenance or accessing sites on or along the restricted highway
•  Sask-Power vehicles when accessing sites along the restricted route 
•  Recreational vehicles
•  Buses; or
• Farm equipment

This order does not permit the weight on any axle, axle group or vehicle from exceeding the secondary highway weights prescribed in the "The Vehicle Weight and Dimension Regulations, 1999" for that axle, axle group or vehicle.

This Order is issued on a permanent basis and should not be confused with Spring Road Restriction Orders.

Harvey Brooks, Deputy Minister,Highways and Transportation
Dated at Regina Saskatchewan, July 21, 2003