Briefly: Virginia ends truck parking at two weigh stations on I-81
The state of Virginia is not permitting truckers to park at two of its weigh stations on Web 81 because of what it referred to as “littering, vandalism, and unsanitary practices.”
In a single day parking had been allowed on the Troutville and Stephens Metropolis weigh stations whereas work was being carried out on the Troutville relaxation space on southbound I-81. The remainder space has been closed since Might to accommodate a $4.9 million venture to increase the ramps and add truck parking on the facility close to mile marker 158 in Botetourt County.
WDBJ-TV stories the state Division of Motor Autos introduced it ended the weigh station parking, and had requested the Virginia State Police to start implementing the brand new coverage.
A DMV spokesperson informed the TV station, “As a lot as we’ve been happy to supply this service to truck drivers passing by way of our Stephens Metropolis and Troutville weigh stations, we’re not in a position to present it because of growing incidents of littering, vandalism, and unsanitary practices. Along with the Troutville Relaxation Space, truck drivers within the space can go to the close by Pilot Journey Heart in Raphine.”
Laws aimed toward permitting drivers beneath 21 work ports
A brand new invoice launched within the U.S. Home by Rep. Brian Mast (R-Florida) would change a federal regulation that considers selecting up freight from a port as interstate transportation, even when the freight stays throughout the state the place the port is situated. Which means drivers who’re 18 to 21 years outdated and never allowed to drive interstate would have the ability to decide up freight at ports.
Dubbed the Ceasing Age-Primarily based (CAB) Trucking Restrictions Act, Mast mentioned the invoice would eradicate “logistical hurdles as a way to maximize the labor power in the USA and tackle a contributing issue of the availability chain disaster.”
The textual content of the invoice states that “the transportation of products from a port of entry and one other place throughout the identical state as a part of commerce, site visitors, or transportation originating exterior such state or the USA by industrial motorized vehicle shall not be thought-about interstate transportation for functions of necessities regarding industrial driver’s licenses.”
The invoice was launched within the Home on Jan. 10 and at present has 19 Republican co-sponsors. It has been referred to the Home Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, the place it could should be handed earlier than transferring to the complete Home ground.
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