Safer Routes for Logging Trucks in Mississippi American Loggers Council
WASHINGTON, March 10, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (MS) secured a provision in the Transportation – HUD Appropriations Bill, signed into law today, to allow unprocessed agricultural commodities, including raw or unfinished forest products (e.g. logs, pulpwood, biomass, wood chips) at current Mississippi state weight limits (88,000 pounds) on an interstate highway within the borders of Mississippi.
- logs, pulpwood, biomass, wood chips) at current Mississippi state weight limits (88,000 pounds) on an interstate highway within the borders of Mississippi.
- logs, pulpwood, biomass, wood chips) at current Mississippi state weight limits (88,000 pounds) on an interstate highway within the borders of Mississippi.
- -Senator Hyde-Smith
Senator Hyde-Smith worked with the Mississippi Loggers Association, the Mississippi Forestry Association, and the Farm Bureau Federation of Mississippi to ensure this important measure was included. - These trucks and weights have been legally operating on rural and state road systems across the state of Mississippi and other states.