More than 100 business and community leaders from Eastern Maine gathered at the University of Maine's Buchanan Alumni House on Tuesday, January 3 to honor and thank Senator Susan Collins for her work to change the federal law allowing freight vehicles to use the federal interstate in Maine. The hard fought battle regarding truck weights and their limits on Maine's interstate was waged by Senator Collins and recently received approval when the Transportation Funding Bill was passed by Congress and signed by President Obama.
Senator Collins is pictured with EMDC President Michael Aube, D'Arcy Main-Boyington from the City of Brewer and a member of the Mobilize Eastern Maine Leadership Team and Andy Hamilton from Eaton Peabody and co-chair of Mobilize Eastern Maine.
Additional information on Senator Collins work on this issue can be found via the links below.
Click here for additional information on Senator Collins work on this issue
Click here to view a video announcement from Senator Collins regarding the Fiscal Year 2012 Transportation Bill--which includes the truck weight provisions measure.
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