Truckers in Maine, Feeling High Costs of Diesel Fuel, Urge State to Interve

Hundreds of truckers, many of them who haul timber, pulp and other products from the state?s logging industry, have signed petitions and attended meetings urging state and federal officials to suspend taxes on diesel fuel, lift road weight restrictions to allow for easier hauling to and from logging plants, and re-evaluate other aspects of the trucking industry.