After reviewing and implementing a new fee for oversize/overweight permits which was effective Oct. 1, 2021, the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) will implement another increase in fees for overweight divisible loads effective Jan. 1, 2022.
The increase comes after INDOT reviewed the 2014 Joint Transportation Research Program (JTRP) Report that can be found here and (2) considerations of impact to bridge and pavement. As a result, INDOT will be implementing an increase in the fee from $0.07 per equivalent single axle load (ESAL) mile to $0.25 per ESAL mile effective Jan. 1, 2022.
New Fee Structure
| Price per ESAL Mile | 3.4 ESALs @ 100mi | 4.4 ESALs @ 100mi | 5.4 ESALs @ 100mi | 6.4 ESALs @ 100mi | 7.4 ESALs @ 100mi | 8.4 ESALs @ 100mi | 9.4 ESALs @ 100mi | 10.4 ESALs @ 100mi | 11.4 ESALs @ 100mi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Fee $0.25 | $25 | $50 | $75 | $100 | $125 | $150 | $175 | $200 | $225 |
| Current $.07 | $7 | $14 | $21 | $28 | $35 | $42 | $49 | $56 | $63 |
In addition to the fee assessment review, HEA1190-2021 institutes several changes to the overweight hauling industry. these including:
- Allowing all commodities access to the overweight permitting system. Prior to HEA1190 only certain commodities were permitted to transport goods over 80,000 lbs. HEA1190 removed those prohibitions so new commodities, such as bricks, could be legally transported in overweight loads when permitted.
- Instituting an annual limit on single trip permits to 8,500 per year. In prior years, INDOT has issued anywhere from 100,000 to 120,000 single trip permits. These permits, which were issued before Jan. 1st, 2021, are grandfathered in. However, any subsequent applicants who wish to haul new overweight loads of any commodity are subject to a total of 8,500 single trip permits per year limitation.
- INDOT has issued approximately 600 non-grandfathered overweight divisible load permits since the July 1 st effective date
The 2014 Joint Transportation Research Program (JTRP) Report that can be found here.