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1 PROPOSED LANE USE RESTRICTIONS FOR TRUCKS ON INTERSTATE 35 2 IN HAYS, TRAVIS AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES 3 4 Response to Public Comments 5 In accordance with Transportation Code 9545.0651 and 43 TAC SS25.601-25.604, the Texas 6 Department of Transportation (the department) is proposing to initiate a restriction that would 7 establish consistent lane use restrictions applicable to trucks, as defined in Transportation Code, 8 9541.201, with three or more axles, and to truck tractors, also as defined in Transportation Code, 9 9541.201, regardless of whether the truck tractor is drawing another vehicle or trailer. The 10 proposed restriction would prohibit those vehicles from using any traffic lane, other than the 11 second, third, and fourth controlled access lanes on each side of Interstate Highway 35 (135) as 12 counted from the center (inside left lane) of the highway between 1.297 miles south of the 13 Bell/Williamson County line, southward through Williamson, Travis and Hays counties, and 14 ending at the southern city limits of San Marcos which is 0.455 mile north of the Hays/Comal 15 COWlty line. 16 17 The proposed restrictions would apply 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and would allow the 18 operation of those vehicles in a prohibited traffic lane for the purposes of passing another vehicle 19 or entering or exiting the highway. 20 21 The department held a public hearing on March 4, 2004, and received public comments through 22 March 15,2004. A total of eleven individuals spoke at the public hearing. The department also 23 received twenty written comments. Page 1 of7 27-May-04 Exhibit A