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Pilot Project * Canada - Increased volumes aim to bring down transportation costs in Northern Manitoba
WINNIPEG,Man,CAN -Truck News (CAN), by Steven Macleod -2 Dec 2006: -- A new pilot project using longer vehicles to help lower the costs of bringing supplies to northern communities in Manitoba was recently unveiled by the provincial government. The one-year pilot project on Hwy. 6 will collect data in order to study the potential benefits of using the larger-capacity trucks such as achieving lower fuel costs to haul more freight, lowering food prices for northern communities, reduction of greenhouse gases and traffic reduction on provincial roads... The vehicles to be used combine a semi-trailer and smaller pup trailer that exceeds current length limits on this highway. The longer trailer configurations may be up to 31.5 metres in length, which is 6.5 metres longer than normal vehicles...
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