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$6 140,000
108 MEGA-
LOAD
moves in Maryland in 2016.
69%
Percentage of applications that Maryland One approves the same day or even within hours
of submission.
MILLION
Money saved annually by the local trucking industry as a result of the Maryland One System.
APPLICATIONS
Maryland receives for overweight/oversize permits each year.
oversize/overweight permit system and several other positive changes within Maryland with regard to safely and efficiently moving critical oversize loads,” Todd said.
SOME OF THE PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE BENEFITS INCLUDE:
Enhanced automated permit systems dramatically reduce processing time for issuing
OS/OW permits.
Reduced permit-issuance time results in more permit purchases as opposed to carriers running without permits.
Reduced permit-issuance time results in a com- petitive advantage moving oversize products for Maryland-based manufacturers and industry and for the Port.
More carriers legally obtaining permits results
in enhanced safety for the general motoring public, preservation of infrastructure and increased revenue for the State of Maryland.
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