Supreme Court Declines to Hear N.J. Truck Ban Case

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he U.S. Supreme Court decided not to hear a case concerning a New Jersey regulation that sought to relegate truck traffic to major highways, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.

The regulation, put into effect in 1999, banned trucks in New Jersey without an in-state origin or destination from traveling on roads without lanes at least 11 feet wide, AP said.

In February, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia threw out the state’s truck ban, saying that it was unconstitutional and discriminated against interstate commerce, the Newark Star-Ledger reported. (Click here for previous coverage.)

Following the Supreme Court’s decision not to hear the case, Kris Kolluri, New Jersey’s transportation commissioner, told AP that within 45 days, the state hopes to roll out a new truck regulation.

American Trucking Associations and truckload carrier U.S. Xpress had argued that the ban resulted in millions of dollars toll and fuel expenses for truckers, AP said.