* New York - Truck restrictions for 3 interstates
Albany,N.Y.,USA -The Associated Press/The Trucker -26 Nov 2014: -- Tandem trucks are being banned from the Thruway in the Hudson and Mohawk valleys because of the storm expected to dump more than a foot of snow parts of eastern New York... State transportation officials say starting at 7 a.m. Wednesday, tandem trucks are banned from Interstate 87 from New York City to Exit 24 at Albany and on I-90 from Exit 24 to Exit 32 at Westmoreland, just west of Utica... Also effective at Wednesday at 7 a.m., all commercial vehicles including large trucks, tractor-trailers and buses won't be permitted along the entire stretch of I-84 from the Pennsylvania state line to the Connecticut state line.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state is prepared to close I-84 as early as 7 a.m. Wednesday...
* Georgia - 1.3 million bound for Georgia roads, airport
Atlanta,GA,USA -The Associated Press/The Trucker, by Kathleen Foody -26 Nov 2014: -- More than 1.3 million Georgians are expected to travel on state highways and use the world's busiest airport through Sunday for Thanksgiving, and officials say they're prepared for the rush with extra staff to monitor roads and help people move through security lines1.3 million bound for Georgia roads, airport... Nationally, travel volume is expected to be at its highest level since 2007, and low gas prices are part of the reason, according to AAA, which also gave the prediction for Georgia...
* Connecticut - Commercial truck ban on I-84 has truckers sitting tight, losing money
(Photo by Frank Becerra Jr./The Journal News - A tractor trailer travels westbound on Interstate 84 in Southeast Nov. 26, 2014)
Danbury,CONN,USA -Lohud, by Terence Corcoran -26 Nov 2014: -- Several tractor-trailers sat in the rest area off Interstate 84 North Wednesday thanks to a commercial truck ban Gov. Andrew Cuomo instituted on Interstate 84 in New York during the pre-Thanksgiving snowstorm... Truckers forced to sit and wait. Costly delay in job... Some truckers, like Rogerio Pinto of Kearny, New Jersey, who was scheduled to make a delivery in nearby Danbury, Connecticut, were going to avoid I-84... But others, like Keith Killen, who was headed to Massachusetts, had no choice but to sit tight until the weather cleared or the truck ban was lifted... Labels: weather troubles, winter weather
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