Joint Letter to House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Coalition Against Bigger Trucks (CABT)

Dear Chairman Graves and Ranking Member Larsen:

As the Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure prepares for their upcoming markup, we urge you to oppose any legislation that would increase maximum truck weight or length limits on federal highways. Our opposition extends to any legislation that would raise truck weight limits as part of a “pilot program,” including the 91,000 pound pilot program originally found in H.R. 471, the SHIP IT Act, and any state or commodity exemptions or waivers of current federal limits that may be offered as a stand-alone provision at markup.

By any measure our roads and bridges need continued repair, rebuilding and investment. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)…

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