A Senate Committee substitute to SB 146 increases the gross weight limits on all trucks (divisible loads) from 80,000 lbs to 86,000 lbs on state and county roads when a $500 permit is purchased from the State DOT.  Important to note is that the Georgia General Assembly has increased weight and variance limits seven times over the past eight years.  County roads and bridges were not designed to handle past increases, the one proposed by SB 146, nor sure-to-be future ones considered.  The resulting cost to local taxpayers to fix and maintain this exacerbated wear and tear on their county road infrastructure has been and will remain significant.