2106                             Joint Resolutions

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Wash-
ington Suburban Sanitary Commission shall without further delay-
establish top priority to the construction of a relief sewerage sys-
tem through Riverdale and adjacent areas, and begin construction
before dates set in the Comprehensive Water and Sewerage plans,
and be it further

Resolved, That the area between Riverdale Road and Calvert
Road, be added to the present Flood Control Project which covers
the improvements between Calvert Road and Greenbelt Road; and
be it further

Resolved, That the State Department of Health consider estab-
lishing a moratorium on further construction and zoning in the
general Riverdale and College Park area should it find the present
sewage system inadequate to serve the community while the emer-
gency sewage system is under construction.

Approved April 22, 1970.

No. 44
(House Joint Resolution 48)

House Joint Resolution urging the United States Senators from
Maryland, and the Maryland members of the House of Repre-
sentatives to oppose enactment of H. R. 11870 and H.R. 11619,
dealing with increases in maximum permissible limits of width
and weight of vehicles on the Interstate Highway Systems.

Whereas, H. R. 11870 and H.R. 11619, which have been intro-
duced in the Congress, would permit increases in the maximum
permissible limits of the width and weight of vehicles on the Inter-
state Highway System, and would permit two consecutive sets of
tandem axles allowing an overall length of 70 feet for a vehicle
combination; and

Whereas, the greater truck sizes permitted under the proposed
legislation would require larger power units which would in turn
intensify air pollution hazards creating additional deterioration of
our environment; and

Whereas, although the present proposals relate only to the Inter-
state System, to be efficient transporters, trucks cannot operate ex-
clusively on a limited highway system, and therefore it can be
assumed that the allowable limits would prevail also on Federal aid
primary and secondary systems; and

Whereas, many miles of Maryland's roads are relatively narrow
and their construction is of such nature as to be unable to bear
the increased loads contemplated in these measures; and

Whereas, hundreds of Maryland's bridges are deficient in their
load carrying capacity; and

WHEREAS, MANY OF MARYLAND'S BRIDGES ARE INADE-
QUATE TO ACCOMMODATE THIS ADDITIONAL LOAD; AND