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The United States won't meet Thursday’s deadline giving Mexican trucks full access to American roads, the Associated Press reported.

Congress voted Wednesday evening to repeal the sweeping new ergonomics regulations recently issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Canacar, probably the most influential Mexican trucking association, wants the United States to give Mexican truckers a fair shake, said spokesman Oscar Moreno.

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Owners of truck stops see the sale of diesel fuel at duty-free shops that line the borders of the United States as one of the biggest threats to their businesses.

The trucking industry’s trade group, American Trucking Associations, had taken a firm stand along with other business groups to oppose the new workplace safety or ergonomics rules issued in the last days of the Clinton administration.

Trucking companies and their drivers complained over this week’s 31-hour ban on large trucks on Connecticut roads, even as Gov. John Rowland continued to defend it, the Hartford Courant reported.

Most flights out of Newark, LaGuardia and Kennedy Airports were back on schedule following a severe New England winter storm that disrupted travel in the Northeast earlier in the week.

Former Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration head Clyde Hart has taken a job as a lobbyist for the American Bus Association.