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* USA - INFRASTRUCTURES: "Local roads not equipped for longer-heavier trucks"
* DC - ... Lawmakers tell Foxx
Washington,DC,USA -Land Line, by David Tanner -9 Aug 2013: -- Forty-five members of Congress addressed a letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary, Anthony Foxx, this week to express concerns about how potential increases to truck size and weight could affect local roads, bridges and intersections all across America... The U.S. Department of Transportation is currently studying truck size and weight as required in the current highway bill, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century. Congress commissioned the study to focus on safety concerns, road and bridge infrastructure, fuel consumption, the economy and freight patterns... OOIDA supports the current freeze on truck sizes and weights at 80,000 pounds on five axles on the national system and opposes efforts by large shipping companies and the American Trucking Associations to increase size and weight as a norm... Since MAP-21 is a two-year law passed in 2012, Congress will soon be faced with another authorization bill to replace it. That likely means another battle over truck size and weight, OOIDA Director of Legislative Affairs, Ryan Bowley, says...
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