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Coalition Against Bigger Trucks warns heavier semi-truck proposals could strain rural roads and bridges
Summary
A national nonprofit representative urged Huerfano County commissioners to oppose proposals that would raise state or federal semi-truck weight limits, citing bridge condition data and a rise in truck-involved fatalities in Colorado.
Patrick Sneed, representing the Coalition Against Bigger Trucks, told the Huerfano County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 28 that federal and state proposals to raise allowable semi-truck weights would increase wear on rural roads and bridges and could raise safety risks.
Sneed said his group is a national grassroots nonprofit and described two types of proposals under discussion in Congress and state legislatures: one would allow states to opt into pilot increases (for example, raising limits from 80,000 pounds to about 91,000 pounds) and another would allow executive…
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