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8/17/2022
U.S. Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) has introduced two bills that call for allowing heavier and longer trucks than currently allowed to travel on the nation's highways.
H.R. 8411 would extend the permissible length of semitrailers from 28 to 33 feet, and H.R. 8412 would increase the permissible weight of a semitrailer from 80,000 to 97,000 pounds to increase the amount of goods that can be transported by truck at once.
A member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Mast said in a press release that the bills would help repair the nation's supply-chain crisis.
Railroads have long opposed truck-size-and-weight (TSW) legislation that would allow heavier and longer trucks on highways.
"Increasing TSW limits would further damage infrastructure, distort rail competition, lead to more traffic on the roads and increase greenhouse gas emissions," the Association of American Railroads states in its online policy position fact sheet on the topic.