A committee in the U.S. House of Representative earlier this year advanced the BUILDAmerica 250 Act, that will shape federal infrastructure policy for years to come. Buriedinside that bill is a provision everyone in Indiana should be up in arms about: lawmakersadopted a measure to create a pilot program allowing states raise truck weights from80,000 pounds to 91,000 pounds.
The huge and costly problem with the measure is that it would tear up state roads andbridges, costing taxpayers millions of dollars.
Two members of the Indiana congressional delegation saw through this dangerous proposaland voted against it: Rep. Jefferson Shreve and Rep. André Carson. They understand thatthe “Crossroads of America” should be leading on this issue, not left holding the bill to fixour roads and bridges that were never built to carry those weight loads.