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Orozco, Norma From: Hall, Jennifer Sent: Friday, July 28, 2023 8:55 AM To: eComment Subject: FW: Letter Opposing Heavier Trucks From: Nate Kaplan <nkaplan@gorail.org> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2023 8:15 AM To: Hall, Jennifer <jhall@santa-ana.org> Subject: Letter Opposing Heavier Trucks Dear City Clerk Hall, I work on transportation policy issues in California for GoRail, a national non-profit that advances smart transportation policy. I'm reaching out to you about a bill proposed in Congress to raise the federal weight limit of heavy trucks on our nation's roads. H.R 3372 would establish a 10-year "pilot program" for states to test 91,000-pound trucks, a 14% weight increase over the current limit of 80,000 pounds. We're asking for your help to stop this before it's imposed on your local roads. There is already a wealth of data showing this is bad policy, starting with the impact to local roads and bridges and the taxpayers who fund them. An analysis earlier this year looked specifically at local infrastructure — trucks don't just travel on the Interstate after all —and found that the overall cost of 91,000-pound trucks would be $60.8 billion. For example, in California: • Number of local bridges at risk with 91,000-pound trucks: 3,089 • Cost of replacing at -risk local bridges: $6,974,048,612 Heavier trucks also mean more trucks, more traffic, and more emissions as freight gets diverted away from rail. This so-called "pilot project" is really just a backdoor 11,000-pound increase in maximum truck weight. We're working with the Coalition Against Bigger Trucks on a group letter from state and local government officials like yourself to be sent to Congress before H.R. 3372 potentially comes up for a floor vote as early as September. A similar letter in 2019 had over 1,000 signers from communities across the country and we're hoping this effort will send a powerful message to Congress that local roads and bridges simply cannot handle heavier trucks. Please click this link to learn more and let us know if we can add your name to the letter. You can also simply respond "add my name" to this email if you wish to sign.