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BIGGER TRUCKS * USA - Truckers spar over increasing weight limit
State transportation officials concerned that local roadways can’t handle extra large loads
New Orleans,LOU,USA -The New Orleans City Business, by Christian Moises -22 June 2009: -- The Louisiana Forestry Association is one of more than 100 groups and companies urging Congress to raise the federal vehicle weight limit on U.S. interstates... But for all the proposal’s upside — fewer trucks burning less fuel to move more cargo — it doesn’t necessarily mean good news for the trucking industry, said Cathy Gautreaux, executive director of the Louisiana Motor Transport Association... The Safe and Efficient Transportation Act of 2009, proposed by Reps. Michael Michaud, D-Maine, and Jean Schmidt, R-Ohio, would allow states to increase their interstate vehicle weight limit to 97,000 pounds and require trucks carrying those loads to have six axles... States adopted the current 80,000-pound limit in 1982... Buck Vandersteen, Louisiana Forestry Association executive director, said the proposal will lead to fewer trucks on the road, which will mean lower prices at the store for consumers. The LFA is one of more than 100 U.S. organizations and companies that formed the Coalition for Transportation Productivity, the chief group lobbying for the SET Act... The coalition claims U.S. truck freight will double by 2025 and that truck traffic is growing 11 times faster than road capacity... Mike Coatney, president of Harvey-based Acme Truck Line, works with 2,000 owner-operators and business partners and 240 to 250 flatbed trailers. He says the decision to raise weight limits should be based on engineering, not on maximizing profits... (Photo by Frank Aymami - A tractor-trailer goes through the weigh station on Interstate 10 in LaPlace)* Trucking Limits
Augusta,Maine,USA -WABI/TV5 News Desk -Jun 22, 2009: -- Senator Susan Collins is asking fellow senators to approve a one-year pilot project exempting Maine's highways from the federal truck limit of 80,000 pounds... She says it's safer to keep heavy trucks on the highway, and it prevents wear and tear on smaller roads... Collins wants to allow trucks weighing up to 100,000 pounds to travel on Interstate 95 north of Augusta...Labels: bigger trucks
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