DOT extends Mexican trucking pilot program
Controversial cross-border program gets two-year extension
by Tom Stundza -- Purchasing, 8/13/2008 1:51:00 PM
The much-debated cross-border trucking pilot program that allows Mexican trucks into the U.S. has been extended for two years by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
The controversial program was approved in September after being debated in Congress and later challenged in court before funding was cut. But, more recently, DOT Secretary Mary Peters insists the plan is working, a sign that the DOT would extend it.
According to a statement from the FMCSA, the pilot program in its current form can run for up to three years. In extending the cross-border trucking pilot program through 2010 the FMCSA says: “To date, the project has shown that U.S. and Mexican carriers can engage in cross-border trucking operations in compliance with applicable laws and with no compromise to public safety or security. In fact, Mexican trucks and drivers have established compliance rates equal to or better than those of U.S. trucks and drivers.”
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