Rep. Mark Meadows: Working to Keep Our Roads Safe

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (Feb. 17, 2016)—“For the last year, I’ve worked with local law enforcement to push back against efforts to increase the weight limits for trucks traveling on interstate highways. There are serious safety concerns associated with increasing the weight limits. Under current law, commercial trucks are limited to a weight of 80,000 pounds on 5 axles on U.S. highways. Some have proposed increasing the weight limit to as much as 97,000 pounds on 6 axles.

“I’m grateful to North Carolina law enforcement, particularly the Henderson County Sheriff’s Department, for keeping me aware of the safety concerns with increasing weight limits. As this debate continues in Congress, I will continue to advocate for keeping the current weight limits.”

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