U.S. Reps. Joe Courtney and Elizabeth Esty are hailing the passage of new federal regulations that permit Connecticut dairy trucks to travel at full capacity. Until the approval, the trucks could only travel at 80 percent capacity.
Courtney, who co-chairs the Congressional Dairy Caucus, said he advocated for its passage because small and medium sized dairy farmers couldn't fully use the container space in their milk trucks. He said it would also reduce truck traffic on state roads.
The new weight exemption will allow haulers to transport the same volume of fluid milk in four full milk trucks compared to the five partially filled milk trucks used to meet existing weight restrictions, Courtney said in a statement.
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