Trucking Industry Safety News

The Utah Department of Transportation has started work on a project to construct a new highway.

Phase 2 of the two-part effort to repair the Interstate 40 bridge is underway, according to transportation officials.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently announced that work has begun on two interstate projects in the Finger Lakes region.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported fatalities in large truck-related crashes were down 2% in 2020 from 2019, but overall the number of on-road fatalities rose 7%.

As legislators in many states close out their sessions and head home, trucking association leaders are reporting noteworthy progress this year in attacking state laws they say too often enable plaintiff attorneys to seek inflated jury verdicts in truck-involved accident litigation.

JBS SA, the world’s largest meat producer, has made “significant progress” to resolve the cyberattack that hit its global operations and will have the “vast majority” of its plants operational June 2.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is set to meet June 2 with West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, the top Republican negotiator on infrastructure as the administration signals time is running out to strike a bipartisan deal on the White House’s big investment proposal and top legislative priority.

A cyberattack on JBS SA, the world’s largest meat producer, has forced the shutdown of some of the largest slaughterhouses globally, and there are signs that the closures are spreading.

The Mississippi Transportation Commission awarded 14 contracts for infrastructure projects at its recent meeting.