Bill seeks to limit size of ‘side-by-side’ ATVs on state trail system
The legislation would increase annual registration fees by $25 to help pay for repairing the state's trails, 80 percent of which are on private property.
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A bill in the Maine Legislature seeks to ban all-terrain vehicles wider than 65 inches and over 2,000 pounds from the state’s trails. In recent years, manufacturers of the larger ATVs have been making them wider and heavier.
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A bill before the Maine Legislature would place size and weight limits on larger all-terrain vehicles that contribute to erosion on the state’s 6,500-mile ATV trail system, one of the largest in the country.