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RULES & REGULATIONS * USA & Canada
* USA - House Votes Three-Month Highway Plan Extension - Large majority approves measure after protest against future tax proposals
Washington,DC,USA -The Journal of Commerce, by John D. Boyd -Sep 24, 2009: -- A three-month extension of current federal highway spending programs cleared the House of Representatives Sept. 23, after the effort was delayed for hours over a protest against the possibility of future hikes in motor vehicle fuel taxes... House Republican leaders had allied themselves with President Obama in urging instead that lawmakers extend such programs by 18 months. A short extension, some GOP members said, would make it easier for Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman James Oberstar, D-Minn., to push through his proposed six-year, $500 billion spending plan that includes the first gas tax increase since 1993... But several GOP lawmakers defended the short extension, and said if the House did not act before the programs expire on Sept. 30, it would stop $4.5 billion in immediate spending and threaten numerous construction jobs... About half the Republicans voted for the extension, along with all the Democrats who voted... The three-month extension now awaits action in the Senate, which until this week appeared to join the administration in wanting to put off a major new transportation bill until March 2011. A bill to that effect had already cleared two committees there, but this week there was new interest among senators in a short extension... * USA - No Highway Bill Before Nov. 2010, Says Rendell. Pennsylvania governor backs administration on 18-month timetable
PENN,USA -The Journal of Commerce, by R.G. Edmonson -Sep 24, 2009: -- Congress will not pass a new transportation authorization bill until after the 2010 elections, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said Thursday morning... Since Congress will have to extend the highway law that’s scheduled to expire Sept. 30, Rendell said he would like it to provide for a new funding mechanism that would be incorporated into a new six-year surface transportation spending plan... Rendell’s comments to the American Road and Transportation Builders Association annual conference on public-private ventures came one day after House Republicans stalled expedited passage of a bill that would extend the highway law through the end of 2009...
* Canada - Alberta truckers look to save old trailers from scrapheap
The Alberta government is looking to phase out the use of older trailers in the province, but one lobby group is hoping to keep acceptable iron in service
Calgary,ALB,CAN -Today's Trucking -24 Sept 2009: ... As the mandate currently stands, trailers manufactured before 1993 will have their GVW reduced by 1,000 kg per year for three years, beginning in January 2011. It's a measure the government hopes will encourage owners to modify or replace their old trailers... According to the Alberta Construction Trucking Association, there are still a number of these trailers that are still in good working order and reducing their payload puts operators in a tough spot... "We are in discussion to review the weight changes and with the recession, it could have a significant impact to owners of these trailers," says Alvin Moroz, director of Transport Engineering, Weights and Dimensions for Commercial Trucks with Alberta Transportation... "We are looking at going ahead, or deferring that date"... But ultimately, the government wants all of the non-conforming trailers modified or replaced, by conforming standards and trailers... With enough support from owners of the non-conforming trailers however, ACTA is hoping to get the legislation rescinded all together...
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