Posts by MTAC Staff

Late last week, MTAC President Joseph Sculley visited member company Environmental Services Inc (ESI). ESI’s staff of over 70 employees includes project managers, supervisors, compliance and regulatory personnel, equipment operators, skilled craftsmen, and field technicians with multiple years of experience in emergency response, site remediation, hazardous waste management; as well as backgrounds in the petroleum…

From WTNH. A Connecticut state senator is working to stop bonded funds from being used for a $10 million toll study. On Tuesday, State Senator Joe Markley (R-Southington) filed the injunction in Connecticut’s Superior Court to stop the funding for a study on possible electronic highway tolls in the state. “It’s up to the General…

From Transport Topics via Bloomberg. A shortage of truck drivers that has been simmering in the United States for years has reached a full boil, causing anxiety from small factories to the Federal Reserve. Trucking companies have responded by raising wages and boosting their hauling fees. Their customers then have to choose between smaller profits…

From New Haven Register. The question is, can Connecticut follow Rhode Island’s lead in levying the road charges on big trucks only? In the end, it’s a bad idea that won’t fly, isn’t fair and would not solve the state’s transportation revenue problems. “Things that increase the cost of the trucking industry reverberate through the…

From FreightWaves. While proponents of tolling, including Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D), continue to push the installation of tolls on the state’s highways, the president of the Motor Transport Association of Connecticut (MTAC) says a new $10 million study is money that could better be used elsewhere. “Several toll studies have already been done,” Joe…

From Transport Topics. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler has reversed a controversial decision made earlier this month that would have allowed the proliferation of glider kit trucks until the end of 2019. In a July 26 memo to the agency’s enforcement chief, Susan Bodine, Wheeler said a “no-action assurance” order blocking enforcement…

From CT DOT. Steel erection operations on the Scott Road Bridge (renamed the Najla G. Noujaim Memorial Bridge) will require a closure and detour of I-84 westbound (WB) for two nights, followed by I-84 eastbound (EB) for three nights. Motorists will detour from I-84 to local roads, and back to I-84, via detours at both…

From Overdrive Online. The Internal Revenue Service issued a reminder this week that Heavy Highway Vehicle Use Tax filings are due at the end of next month. The Form 2290 must be filed by August 31. The highway use tax applies to vehicles with a gross weight of 55,000 pounds or more. The tax is…

State Senator Toni Boucher (R – Wilton) is the Motor Transport Association of Connecticut (MTAC) State Senator of the Year, MTAC announced today. This annual award is presented to a member of the State Senate who supports public policy which allows the trucking industry to remain competitive in Connecticut. “Senator Boucher has been a strong…

State Representative Pat Boyd (D – Brooklyn) is the Motor Transport Association of Connecticut (MTAC) State Representative of the Year, MTAC announced today. The State Representative of the Year award is an annual award presented to a member of the State House of Representatives who supports public policy which allows the trucking industry to remain…