Assembly Bill A5138

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the removal of weight and height restrictions on vehicles traveling from the Ogdensburg bridge south to the Port of Ogdensburg

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A5138 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4379
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §385, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A7075, S4713
2021-2022: A4540, S1883

2023-A5138 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes the weight and height restrictions on vehicles traveling south on the route from the Ogdensburg bridge to the Port of Ogdensburg.

2023-A5138 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5138
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. GRAY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  the  allow-
   able  dimensions  and  weights  of  vehicles traveling on highways and
   bridges
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  16 of section 385 of the vehicle and traffic
 law is amended by adding a new paragraph (jj) to read as follows:
   (JJ) OVER A ROUTE EXTENDING FROM THE OGDENSBURG PRESCOTT INTERNATIONAL
 BRIDGE, PROCEEDING SOUTH TO NEW YORK STATE ROUTE 37, AND THEN  SOUTHWEST
 ALONG  ROUTE  37,  CONTINUING NORTHWEST ALONG FORD STREET EXTENSION/FORD
 STREET, TO THE PORT OF  OGDENSBURG,  A  DISTANCE  OF  APPROXIMATELY  1.7
 MILES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06882-01-3

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