Senator Rupp Wants to Repeal Bill He Passed
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Senator Rupp Wants to Repeal Bill He Passed

Date: January 27, 2010
By: Sami Hall
State Capitol Bureau
Links: SB 619

Intro:  Dump trucks crackin' up the roadways in St. Charles are getting attention in the Missouri Senate.
RunTime:  0:39
OutCue:  SOC

Wrap: A St. Charles Republican Senator sponsors a bill that would remove the St. Louis commercial zone from St. Charles.

Bill sponsor Senator Scott Rupp supported the legislation that originally extended the zone.

Rupp says the extension has done more harm than good.

Actuality:  RUPP.WAV
Run Time:  00:11
Description: "The extra weight from the dump trucks, because they're allowed to carry a heavier weight in the commercial zone, has dramatically started to deteriorate the roadways even further."

According to the St. Louis based SITE Improvement Association the extension hasn't been around long enough for Rupp to know the effects and that the dump trucks aren't the problem.

Reporting from the State Capitol, I'm Sami Hall.

Intro:  A Missouri senator is looking to clean up the damage dump trucks leave behind on the streets.
RunTime:  0:35
OutCue:  SOC

Wrap: A Republican Senator is trying to repeal legislation that extended a commercial zone to St. Charles county.

The 2007 extension put heavier trucks on the road.

St. Charles Senator Scott Rupp says the big dump trucks have damaged a lot of roads in his county.

But the SITE Improvement Association's spokesman Terry Briggs says Rupp is jumping the gun.

Actuality:  BRIGGS.WAV
Run Time:  00:08
Description: "We agree that the roads are in bad shape. MODOT is looking into doing some work on those particular roads. Why not wait and see what happens with that?"

According to Briggs, two and a half years is not enough time to know.

Reporting from the State Capitol, I'm Sami Hall.