NRS484D.655. Reduction of maximum weight limits: Authority and duties of Director of Department of Transportation; factors to be considered by Department of Transportation before reduction.

      1.  The Director of the Department of Transportation:

      (a) May, pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 408.210, reduce the maximum weight limits as prescribed in NRS 484D.635, 484D.640 and 484D.645 on a highway under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation, including, without limitation, a bridge located on the highway, for a period of not more than 180 days.

      (b) Shall provide an informational report to the Board of Directors of the Department of Transportation that describes any reduction to the maximum weight limits made pursuant to paragraph (a) within 60 days after the Director of the Department of Transportation makes the reduction.

      2.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 1 and NRS 484D.660, before the Department of Transportation reduces the maximum weight limits as prescribed in NRS 484D.635, 484D.640 and 484D.645 on a highway or a portion of a highway under its jurisdiction, the Department of Transportation shall:

      (a) Consider:

             (1) The average number of vehicles traveling on the highway each day;

             (2) The number of vehicles that have a declared gross weight in excess of 26,000 pounds that are included in the average number pursuant to subparagraph (1);

             (3) The availability of alternate routes to the highway;

             (4) The impact on each alternate route of increased traffic consisting of vehicles that have a declared gross weight in excess of 26,000 pounds;

             (5) The number of traffic accidents involving a vehicle that has a declared gross weight in excess of 26,000 pounds on the highway in the past 5 years;

             (6) Any projected adverse economic or environmental impact resulting from reducing the maximum weight limits on the highway; and

             (7) Any other factors the Department of Transportation deems appropriate; and

      (b) Present such considerations to the Board of Directors of the Department of Transportation to receive the Board’s approval to reduce the maximum weight limits pursuant to this section.

      (Added to NRS by 2007, 2628; A 2013, 90)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.7515)