Georgia legislature cuts bill to increase truck weight | apartment

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers are watering down a bill to allow heavier trucks on state roads after state and local officials faced widespread opposition to the original measure.

Rep. Steven Meeks, a Screven Republican, described the changes as “only really reduced to agriculture and forestry.”

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