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TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * USA - Hazmat truck ban extended in Boston
Vehicles cannot cut through city during the day
Boston,MASS,USA -The Boston Globe, by Michael Levenson -May 19, 2010: -- The City of Boston yesterday received a 45-day extension of its daytime ban on trucks carrying hazardous materials, a restriction the federal government had just lifted Monday after city officials repeatedly failed to justify the ban as required by law... North End residents and elect ed officials, who were outraged that loads of hazardous materials would be rolling through one of the neighborhood’s main thoroughfares, said the extension would give them a respite... But trucking industry officials condemned the decision to grant the extension, saying Boston’s daytime ban on hazardous materials trucks cutting through the city would force haulers to waste fuel and time driving out of the way. Industry officials also said city officials have had four years to make their case for the ban formally and have failed to do so... Labels: trucking industry news USA
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