Truck groups question RI’s plans to restrict truck access to roads

Truck groups question RI’s plans to restrict truck access to roads

RIDOT providing strategies to prevent trucks from using alternative routes in state

Late last week, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation announced that it executed 13 Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with the Federal Highway Administration regarding the state’s plan to implement bridge tolls on large commercial trucks. Trucking groups, which have vocally opposed truck-only tolls from the governor’s initial proposal, are concerned about how the state plans to police trucks that end up using secondary roads to avoid tolls.

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