The purpose of this award to maine department of public safety, maine state police is to implement E-screening at the pittsfield weigh station project, which will aid in gaining inspection bypass…

The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) awarded a $536,900 project grant to the Maine Department of Public Safety, Maine State Police under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 20.237). The purpose of this award is to implement e-screening technologies, including license plate readers, weigh-in-motion sensors, and flat-tire detection, at the Pittsfield weigh station in Maine. This project aims to enable the Pittsfield weigh station to leverage smart roadside technologies to provide more efficient and effective commercial vehicle safety enforcement and inspection operations, resulting in time savings and improved customer service for compliant carriers and drivers. The project has a performance period from September 1, 2023 to September 30, 2027.

The purpose of this award to maine department of public safety, maine state police is to implement E-screening at the pittsfield weigh station project, which will aid in gaining inspection bypass for compliant carriers resulting in time savings and improved operational efficiency and better customer service to safe and legal carriers and driversthe objective is to implement E-screening at the pittsfield weigh station. The goal is to enable pittsfield with smart roadside technologies to provide troop K operations from geographical and strategical points of view. The smart roadside assistance will include both license plate readers (LPR) and DOT readers, double WIM sets, inground scale, and the latest in flat-tire detection. Adding these readers is a critical step for the site as IT is in the most rural of areas with a large amount of both canadian and US wood haulers.