Bill to ID, penalize overweight trucks on BQE passes legislature
Senator Brian Kavanagh and Assemblywoman Jo Anne Simon announced on Wednesday that their BQE Truck Weight bill (A.2316A and S.2740B) has passed both the New York State Assembly and Senate on Tuesday and will now head to the governor’s desk for signature.
This is one of three topics covered in the Brooklyn Heights Association’s letter to the community early this week, and the most important one for the community.
The bill is a breakthrough in the fight to get overweight trucks off the BQE, especially the deteriorating triple cantilever underpinning the Brooklyn Heights Promenade.
It would establish a pilot program that uses high-tech “weigh-in-motion” systems to enforce restrictions on overweight trucks on the stretch from Atlantic Avenue to Sands Street. The identical bill passed in the Senate on June 3.