Trucks World News: State road plan * USA - In New York would be ‘detrimental’ to truckers, farmers

Jan 31, 2009

State road plan * USA - In New York would be ‘detrimental’ to truckers, farmers

Albany,NY,USA -Land Line Magazine -29 June 2009: -- Despite warnings by the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association that banning heavy trucks from certain state roads would be detrimental to small-business truckers in upstate New York, the New York Department of Transportation is still pushing forward with the proposed regulation... The NYDOT is proposing a regulation to ban all heavy trucks from seven specific routes in the Finger Lakes region, citing the needs for “a sense of environmental quality that is unique to that region of the state,” according to NYDOT spokesman Charles “Skip” Carrier... OOIDA Legislative Affairs Director Mike Joyce said this proposed rule “couldn’t come at a worse time” for small-business truckers, as well as farmers, who are trying to stay afloat during these challenging economic times... If passed, this rule would force truckers to spend more in fuel and toll costs to route around these secondary roads, not to mention their added operating costs... (Map from Wikipedia: Finger lakes in NY)

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