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The Latest Headlines:
- N.Y. State Targeting Toll Evaders
- W. Va. to Require Cameras on Large Mining Trucks
- Evergreen to Use ULSD at Tacoma Port
- Oregon Sets New Toll Proposals
- W. Va. to Require Cameras on Large Mining Trucks
N.Y. State Targeting Toll Evaders
The New York Thruway Authority said it would hire a collection agency to recoup some of the roughly $23 million in outstanding tolls and fees owed by thousands of motorists, including commercial truck drivers, who have breezed through E-ZPass lanes without paying, the Associated Press reported.Truck and passenger car drivers would have one last chance to pay up before their names were turned over to OSI Collection Services, an agency located in St. Louis, AP reported.
“Whether it’s $1 million or $2 million, we don’t know, but we do think it’s important to make the effort to collect what is owed to the authority,” said Michael Fleischer, the thruway’s executive director. Transport Topics
W. Va. to Require Cameras on Large Mining Trucks
West Virginia state officials said that, starting Oct. 2, video cameras will be required on large surface-mining trucks to help prevent accidents, the Associated Press reported.The Safety Devices on Surface Haulage Equipment regulation applies apply to trucks weighing more than 230 tons, said Kenny Dickens, executive director of the West Virginia Board of Coal Mine Health and Safety, AP reported.
The intent of the new regulation is to allow truck drivers to see anything that would normally be in blind spots, he said.
Dickens said the regulation, filed Sept. 2 with the Secretary of State’s office, included additional safety devices for different types of surface haulage equipment and other rules and regulations governing surface areas, AP reported. Transport Topics
Evergreen to Use ULSD at Tacoma Port
The Evergreen Group said Tuesday that its diesel-powered equipment at the Port of Tacoma’s Pierce County Terminal would burn only ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel.The Port of Tacoma Commission said earlier this summer that it would burn only ULSD in the equipment the port’s staff uses at port-operated facilities.
While Evergreen said burning ULSD would increase its costs, it said that doing so would benefit the environment and the community. Transport Topics
Oregon Sets New Toll Proposals
Oregon state transportation officials unveiled four proposals from private companies for three different projects that would require drivers to pay a toll to get through congested areas in a hurry, the Associated Press reported.Officials said the tolls were needed because motor-fuel taxes and federal grants alone would not pay for necessary highway improvements, AP said.
The projects were also meant to relieve congestion in the
ortland area, including widening a portion of Interstate 205, constructing a bypass via Dundee and Newberg, about 20 miles southeast of Portland, and building a new road from I-205 to Damascus in neighboring Clackamas County, AP reported.
All the proposals involved tolls to help pay for construction expected to cost about $1 billion, officials said, AP said. Transport Topics
