Oversized trucks get more time to clear burnt timber

Today Governor Sonny Perdue extended a permit that allows oversized trucks to remove burnt timber from southwest Georgia. The trucks are helping 21 counties clear areas burned by wildfires this spring. They are working on smaller state roads that normally have weight limits. They have until September 30th to continue working on those roads. The fires started in April and became the largest wildfires in Georgia’s recorded history consuming half a million acres.

Big trucks allowed in fire-ravaged counties

Governor Sonny Perdue is opening up smaller southeast Georgia roadways to oversized trucks cleaning up after this spring’s wildfires. Today the Governor said allowing the trucks in necessary so they can remove burnt timber from 21 southeast Georgia counties. The worst wildfires in Georgia’s recorded history tore through those counties starting in April. It took firefighters until June to put them out. More than half-a-million acres burned.