APWA Sends Letter on Behalf of CABT

Dear Chairwoman, Capito, Chairmen Cruz, Graves, and Ranking Members Whitehouse, Cantwell, and Larsen:

The American Public Works Association (APWA) represents nearly 32,000 public works professionals across North America serving in the public and private sectors who are responsible for planning, designing, building, operating, and maintaining our nation’s vast infrastructure network that is so fundamental to our economy, environment, public health, and safety. Working together, APWA and its 62 chapters and more than 90 branches across North America exist to provide valuable resources and information for public works professionals across all sectors of the industry. These professionals are a large portion of the transportation industry operating and maintaining roads and bridges, in urban and rural areas, across our local communities and highways.

Today, we are writing to request that you oppose any weight, or length increases for tractor-trailer trucks, specifically the ‘Double 33s” configuration or any pilot program that would allow an increase in truck weights to 91,000 pounds or higher. It is critically important for safety reasons, and for the long-term resiliency of our roads and bridges, that the integrity of these transportation systems be protected. Allowing heavier and longer tractor-trailer trucks poses a danger to the traveling public and the roads and bridges they utilize every day.

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