DOT Requests $23 Million To Inspect Mexican Trucks

img src="/sites/default/files/images/articles/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>WASHINGTON — Deputy Secretary of Transportation Michael Jackson said the department's proposed fiscal 2004 budget of $54.3 billion represents a 6% increase over what it requested for this year.

The 2004 request includes millions for inspections of Mexican trucks entering the United States, although it is possible trucks delivering goods from Mexico will not cross the border for several months of this year.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has requested about $23 million for 2004 for safety inspections of Mexican trucks and buses.