The purpose of this award to commonwealth of virginia, department of motor vehicles is the WIM replacement at dumfries weigh station the WIM replacement at route 522 projects, which will benefit the…

This $1,745,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (CFDA 20.237 - Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements) supports two key objectives for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Motor Vehicles:

1. Replacing end-of-life weigh-in-motion (WIM) technology at the Dumfries Weigh Station to maintain existing e-screening capabilities and continue maintenance fees on all existing WIM systems. This will benefit the motor carrier industry by removing vehicles carrying overweight loads, promoting a safer highway environment, and ensuring compliance with requirements.

2. Replacing end-of-life WIM technology at the Route 522 data collection site and continuing maintenance fees on existing WIM systems to maintain e-screening capabilities. This supports the overall goal of allowing Virginia to sustain its critical commercial vehicle screening and data collection infrastructure.

The project period runs from September 1, 2024 through September 30, 2028.

The purpose of this award to commonwealth of virginia, department of motor vehicles is the WIM replacement at dumfries weigh station the WIM replacement at route 522 projects, which will benefit the motor carrier industry by removing vehicles that damage highways by carrying overweight loads promoting a safer highway environment for other motor carriers and ensuring that all motor carriers are in compliance with the same requirementsproject 1 objective:the overall goal of this project is to allow virginia to maintain existing e-screening capabilities through replacement of end-of-life weigh-in-motion (WIM) technology and continue maintenance fees on all existing WIM systems.project 2 objective:the overall goal of this project is to allow virginia to maintain existing e-screening capabilities through replacement of end-of-life weigh-in-motion (WIM) technology and continue maintenance fees on all existing WIM systems. The WIM located at the route 522 is used as a data collection site.