RULES * USA - Plan keeps Ithaca on trucks' crossroad
Proposed regulations will keep large trucks onroutes 79, 89, 96 in county
Ithaca,NY,USA -The Ithaca Journal, by Tim Ashmore -November 15, 2008: --Large trucks may continue to roll throughTompkins Countyunder new state rules being developed on the use of small local roads by long-distance truckers... The state Department of Transportationhad tried to reduce large truck traffic in the Finger Lakes region. A public hearing early this fall on the proposed rules faced opposition from the state's trucking industry... Also, the proposed state regulation that focused on large, long-distance trucks conflicted with federal rules that prevent states from singling out certain types of trucks for regulation. Defying those federal rules could jeopardize New York's federal highway dollars...
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