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For some Idaho carriers, the deadline to file for refunds from the now-defunct weight-distance tax is quickly approaching. Smaller motor carriers — almost 24,000 in number — received more than $4.7 million in such refunds in November.

Opposing interests in Idaho have reached a compromise regarding commercial vehicle registration fees with the enactment of a bill revising the fee scale.

The overturning of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s controversial ergonomics rules should also signal the end to a lawsuit seeking to block the rules, the U.S. Department of Labor argued last week in a court petition.

Oklahoma’s turnpike toll increases, which went into effect Jan. 1, were meant to pay off the bonds for 50 miles of turnpike extensions. That payoff may take a little longer than expected, however, because trucks are avoiding the turnpikes to avoid paying 25% to 30% more in tolls.

How Idaho extracts tax money from trucking companies has raised much controversy since the interstate segment of the industry succeeded in knocking out the weight-distance tax, which was with higher vehicle registration fees — also based on miles of operation within the state.

Kentucky’s ton-mile and usage taxes on trucking will come under scrutiny because of a legislative resolution.

To get into New England, freight must almost always move through Connecticut. But the trucking industry in that state is among many – including legislators – who feel that the gateway risks being clogged to a standstill by overwhelming congestion.

Because of a 1998 seven-fatality crash, the Pennsylvania Turnpike will build several new service plazas for motorists and refurbish old plazas to be used exclusively by trucks.

In its legal challenge to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s workplace ergonomics standards, American Trucking Associations outlined 21 complaints in a filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.