{"id":49011,"date":"2021-01-26T17:18:20","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T00:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/la-plata-county-formally-adopts-ordinance-to-stop-jake-brakes\/"},"modified":"2021-01-27T00:18:20","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T00:18:20","slug":"la-plata-county-formally-adopts-ordinance-to-stop-jake-brakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/la-plata-county-formally-adopts-ordinance-to-stop-jake-brakes\/","title":{"rendered":"La Plata County formally adopts ordinance to stop \u2018Jake Brakes\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=ac669943-3cfd-454b-b33f-4164bbd7d400&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1136\" alt=\"La Plata County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to pass an ordinance that prohibits the use of \u201cJake Brakes,\u201d which are loud and can disrupt residential life.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">La Plata County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to pass an ordinance that prohibits the use of \u201cJake Brakes,\u201d which are loud and can disrupt residential life.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Adobe Stock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>La Plata County formally adopted a state law that requires the use of engine brake mufflers for commercial vehicles to prevent what\u2019s known as \u201cJake Brakes,\u201d a loud method of braking on trucks.<\/p>\n<p>Although the engine brake mufflers are required by state law, La Plata County must adopt its own ordinance for the requirement, said Jim Davis, the county\u2019s public works director.<\/p>\n<p>Also, by adopting a local ordinance, Davis said law enforcement will be better able to enforce the law, as well as place signs around the region where appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>Davis said some residents in the past year or so have asked for signs to be placed on U.S. Highway 550 near the La Plata County-San Juan County border north of Durango, in Grandview and on Florida Road.<\/p>\n<p>All three commissioners unanimously adopted the ordinance Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner Marsha Porter-Norton said the ordinance is aimed at improving the quality of life for residents who live near busy roads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe trucking industry is important for commerce,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s not against the trucking industry at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\"><a href=\"mailto:jromeo@durangoherald.com\">jromeo@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>informing drivers of law to be placed where appropriate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28,475,1680,1512,1745,29],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-49011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-headlines","tag-la-plata-county-colorado","tag-la-plata-county-commissioners","tag-la-plata-county-government","tag-la-plata-county-officials","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49011"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=49011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}