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Committee adopts Freight & Logistics report and advances rail funding placeholder to rules
Summary
The Joint Transportation Committee accepted the Freight & Logistics Commission final report, agreed to extend the commission by resolution, and voted to move a bill (SB89) that establishes a rail enhancement funding placeholder (subject to appropriations) to rules.
The Joint Transportation Committee voted to accept the Georgia Freight & Logistics Commission's final report and moved two measures implementing its recommendations forward in the legislative process.
Committee cochairs summarized the commission's key recommendations, which the report lists as workforce development (addressing a shortage of commercial truck drivers), truck parking to comply with electronic-log mandates, greater use of rail to relieve highway freight pressure, and actions to close a funding gap for freight corridors. The cochairs…
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