“CABT has asked for, and received, letters of support from the Worcester County Board of Commissioners and Sheriff Matt Crisafulli to oppose HB 3372 and HB 2948. The Commissioners approved the mailing of a letter to Sen. Ben Cardin that opposes the unfunded legislative proposals.

“Increased sizes and weights will have a significant effect on our county-maintained roads and infrastructure,” the commissioners’ letter says. “Not only do heavier trucks do enormous damage to our highways, but they also increase costs for taxpayers at the local level by the increased stress they put on older bridges and roads.”

The estimated cost to rebuild the 766 bridges in Maryland’s First Congressional District, 47 of them in “poor condition,” would cost taxpayers $151 million, the letter also says.”

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