(Long Island, NY) On Thursday, February 17, 2016, Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1), member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, was presented with a “Thank You” plaque from the Coalition Against Bigger Trucks (CABT) for his efforts in Washington, DC to keep bigger trucks off of our local roads.
(L to R): Riverhead Town Police Chief David Hegermiller, Congressman Lee Zeldin, and Southold Town Police Chief Martin Flatley. Photo Credit: CABT.
The Congressman was recognized for his votes against allowing longer and heavier trucks on our roads; as well as his work to secure the permanent removal of the Cross Sound Ferry trucking plan from the Regional Freight Plan of NYMTC and the America’s Marine Highway Program. This was a misguided trucking provision that would have rerouted thousands of trucks from I-95 in Connecticut to the North Fork of Long Island via the Cross Sound Ferry.
