APWA Joins Coalition Against Bigger Trucks Partners in Opposing MOVE Act

Dear Chairs Carper, Cantwell, Murray, Graves and Granger, and Ranking Members Capito, Cruz, Collins, Larsen and DeLauro:

We are writing to express our serious concern with recent legislation introduced in the House of Representatives: the Modernizing Operations for Vehicles in Emergencies Act (MOVE Act – H.R. 7496). This bill would give governors unilateral authority to increase truck weights on interstates in response to an emergency or “other unusual conditions”. This bill would also greatly expand what is considered an emergency, and would not apply solely to natural disasters. If passed, this bill would allow a governor to declare an emergency when the “supply chain function is substantially impaired in the state”, a broad definition that would only be defined by the Governor of each state. The bill contains no maximum weight limit.

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