Oct 21, 2011 | Business Impact, Business News, Federal Legislation, Truck Weights
By Jonathan Riskind jriskind@mainetoday.com WASHINGTON – The Senate is on the verge of passing legislation that would allow trucks weighing up to 100,000 pounds to exit Maine’s side roads and use all Maine interstate highways. The truck weight measure has been long...
Sep 26, 2011 | Business Impact, Business News, Federal Regulations, Truck Weights
Full Senate Appropriations Committee agrees to include provision in funding bill that would allow heavier trucks to use Maine’s federal interstates. WASHINGTON, D.C.—The full Senate Appropriations Committee today approved a provision, authored by Senator Susan...
Sep 20, 2011 | Business Impact, Federal Legislation, Safety, Truck Weights
SENATE TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS BILL INCLUDES SENATOR COLLINS’ PROVISION TO PERMANENTLY ALLOW HEAVIEST TRUCKS ON MAINE’S INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS Senate funding bill includes provision to exempt Maine’s federal highways from the 80,000 pound federal truck weight limit...
Mar 7, 2011 | Business Impact, Truck Weights
On February 18, Rep. Mike Michaud (D-Maine) and Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio) re-introduced their Safe & Efficient Transportation Act of 2011 (SETA) as HR 763—essentially the same bill they co-sponsored in the last congress and which eventually gathered 54...
Feb 24, 2011 | Federal Legislation, Federal Regulations, Safety, Truck Weights
Heavy trucks return to small roads in Maine, Vt. By CLARKE CANFIELD FREEPORT, Maine (AP) — After a one-year hiatus, heavy trucks are again rumbling through small towns across Maine and Vermont. A pilot project that allowed trucks weighing up to 100,000 pounds onto...