Paper Companies Asking for Bigger Trucks

Another paper producer, AbitibiBowater, has joined International Paper and others in a request to allow the Federal Government to allow larger trucks on USA highways. The bill being reviewed is called the Safe and Efficient Transportation Act, a bill that would allow trucks outfitted with an extra axle to carry more weight on interstates.
In AbitibiBowater's case, just for its one mill in Calhoun, TN, it would eliminate 58 trucks per week and save $3 to $3.5million each year. The bill would also reduce the amount of trucks and, therefore, pollutants emitted.