Weight Crackdown Coming to George Washington Bridge

By Y.M. Lowy
New York is stepping up efforts to protect aging infrastructure, with the George Washington Bridge now part of the upgrades.
Starting this Sunday, trucks on the GWB will face automatic fines if they are too heavy. The Department of Transportation is using built-in road sensors to catch and ticket overweight vehicles. Each violation will cost $650.
This system, called weigh in motion, has already launched last year in Brooklyn with great results. The number of overweight trucks on the BQE’s triple cantilever dropped by sixty percent.
Other sites getting weigh in motion sensors include the Bear Mountain Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, Queensboro Bridge, and more across NYC and surrounding areas. The goal is to reduce long term damage to critical roadways and prevent costly repairs.
The sensors work by weighing vehicles as they pass over the road, using cameras to identify trucks that exceed the legal limit. The technology allows for violations to be tracked in real time without stopping traffic.