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Industry Group Urges Grants, Education Outreach to Address Trucking Driver Shortage
Summary
The Transportation Association of Massachusetts asked the committee to support HB 3730/SB 2361, a grant program administered by the Department of Higher Education to train commercial drivers and promote trucking careers through RMV outreach.
Kevin Weeks, representing the Transportation Association of Massachusetts, told the Joint Committee on Transportation that the state faces a persistent shortage of truck drivers that threatens supply chains and urged support for House Bill 3730 and Senate Bill 2361.
“Trucks deliver approximately 93% of all goods purchased in Massachusetts,” Weeks said, and he described a…
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