Political Quotes

“I include in the Record a letter dated last Friday, October 30, from the Federal Highway Administration. This letter states that the configuration I am proposing today is compliant with the federal bridge formula. The second letter is from Peter Rogoff, Under Secretary for the Department of Transportation, to Chairman Shuster. U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC, October 30, 2015. Hon. Reid J. Ribble, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Dear Congressman Ribble: I am writing to provide a technical correction to my letter of April 24 (copy enclosed) which responded to your inquiry regarding the Comprehensive Truck Size and Weight Limits Study (CTSWLS) required by Section 32801 of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) P.L. 112-141. In your letter, you asked whether the 91,000-pound gross vehicle weight six-axle configuration under analysis as part of the CTSWLS is in compliance with the Federal bridge formula set forth in 23 U.S.C. 127. The Federal Highway Administration recently revisited the question of whether the 91,000-pound, six-axle configuration used in the CTSWLS was in compliance with the Federal bridge formula (FBF). Our letter of April 24 confirmed that the configuration met the FBF, which was our understanding at the time of the CTSWLS based on a review of three standard tests of weight and axle spacing.…”