U.S. Sen. Susan Collins has persuaded her Appropriations Committee colleagues to include a provision in the government’s pending funding plan that would continue to allow trucks weighing over 80,000 pounds continue running on interstate highways in Maine and Vermont.
December 14, 2010Business
Senate Panel Passes Maine, Vermont Heavy-Truck Measure
A Senate committee passed a measure that would permanently allow trucks weighing up to 100,000 pounds on Maine and Vermont’s interstate highways.
September 22, 2011Business
Industry Groups Blast Bill in Congress that Imposes Truck Size, Weight Limits
WASHINGTON — Trucking industry groups last week criticized a bill introduced by Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) aimed at freezing truck size and weight limits on the 160,000-mile National Highway System, saying it would block increases in truck productivity.
May 9, 2011Government, Business
Senate Bill Would Apply Federal Weight Limits to More Highways
WASHINGTON — A bill introduced Tuesday in the U.S. Senate would prohibit states from increasing truck size and weight limits on the National Highway System.
May 3, 2011Business
Senate Bill Would Allow States to Raise Limit to 97,000 Pounds for Trucks on Interstates
Legislation that would allow states to increase maximum vehicle weights to 97,000 pounds on interstate highways has been reintroduced in the U.S. Senate.
April 18, 2011Business
Senators Introduce Bill to Boost Truck Weights
Four U.S. senators have introduced legislation to allow states to increase truck weights to 97,000 pounds.
April 12, 2011Business
U.S. Needs Larger Trucks, Industry Executives Say
WASHINGTON — Trucking industry executives, citing projected U.S. population growth and growing freight demand, said that increasing the productivity of trucks by making them larger or heavier was necessary.
December 6, 2010Business
Maine, Vermont Truck Groups to Push For Permanent Weight Exemption
Supporters of a White House-backed push to grant Maine and Vermont a permanent exemption from the 80,000-pound truck weight limit on interstate highways said they will make a second attempt to persuade Congress to act before a pilot program expires on Dec. 16.
October 20, 2010Business
TCA Changes on Weight Limit; Backs Higher 88,000-Pound Cap
PHOENIX — The Truckload Carriers Association has changed its long-standing support of the status quo on truck weight limits in announcing a new preference in favor of an 88,000-pound gross vehicle weight, up the from the current 80,000-pound federal limit.
October 19, 2010Business
Obama Seeks Weight Exemption For Vermont, Maine Highways
President Obama has asked that a pilot program allowing trucks up to 100,000 pounds to run on interstate highways in Maine and Vermont become a permanent exemption to the federal 80,000-pound limit.
September 27, 2010