Archive for February 2017

Excerpt from News-Times article: All seven rest areas along interstate highways in Connecticut, including the one off Exit 2 on I-84, would be closed under Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s $20 million budget for 2017-18. Closing the rest areas is expected to save $534,000 yearly by eliminating the positions of 12 rest area attendants. The proposal…

This week, MTAC President Joe Sculley submitted testimony to the joint Appropriations Committee regarding the budget proposal for the upcoming biennium. While Sculley credited the proposal for striving to provide some stability for the business community, he called for changes in order to preserve funding for state rest areas. Sculley stated that rest areas are…

This week, MTAC President Joe Sculley submitted testimony to the joint Transportation Committee on several pieces of legislation. The legislation focused on the study of autonomous vehicles, and a proposal to require transporters of alcoholic liquor to file monthly reports with the Department of Revenue Services, containing info such as the name and business address…

On Wednesday, February 15, MTAC President Joe Sculley testified before the legislature’s joint Transportation Committee on several bills. They included a bill regarding recommendations by the DOT, a proposal to create a task force to study alternative funding sources for rest areas on state highways, a proposal regarding the construction of tunnels for Interstates 84…

By Bob Pitcher, State Laws Newsletter. A few weeks ago, we reported that there was a good chance that the fees imposed under the Unified Carrier Registration Agreement would decrease for 2018, because the UCR program has collected more revenue from carriers and other entities than the participating states are entitled to. At the time,…

This week, MTAC President Joe Sculley visited member company All Waste, and spoke to company employees at their quarterly safety meeting. All Waste, Inc. is one of the largest privately held solid waste and recycling companies in Connecticut. Their approximately 130 employees are dedicated to serving the personal and business needs of their commercial, industrial,…

This is a friendly reminder to MTAC members to complete this ATRI survey regarding charitable giving. MTAC is working with ATA to positively change public perception of the trucking industry, and being able to tell the story about how members support their community will go a long way towards accomplishing that. All responses will be…

Excerpt from Transport Topics article: House Democrats could find common ground with President Trump on infrastructure as long as the president unveils a “real infrastructure” bill, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said on Meet the Press on Feb. 5. “If we can talk about job creation and infrastructure legislation that’s a real infrastructure bill and…

Excerpt from Transport Topics via Bloomberg: President Trump should renegotiate Nafta in a way that builds upon — rather than hinders — the movement of goods and people between Canada, the United States and Mexico, the head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said. Tom Donohue told a business audience Feb. 6 in Ottawa that…

Excerpt from Record Journal article: Critics of a mileage tax urged the legislature’s Transportation Committee on Monday to block $300,000 set aside for the state’s participation in a federal study to see if such a tax is feasible in Connecticut. Testifying on a bill to block the funding, opponents said they opposed the tax for…