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Coal City weighs in early

With truck traffic already on rise, Coal City Police steps up commercial vehicle enforcement

COAL CITY — With semi-truck traffic expected to only increase in coming years, the Coal City Police Department is in the process of preparing for increased enforcement of commercial vehicles.

Chief Tom Best said the department had a prior interest in ramping up enforcement, in the late 1990s, but was unable to get started because the department did not have scales or enough manpower to focus on it.

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