Warning period takes effect for overweight trucks on Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
NEW YORK -- A 90-day warning period begins Thursday for overweight trucks on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
Authorities will hand out warnings along the city-owned stretch of the roadway between Atlantic Avenue and Sands Street.
The new system uses automated sensors to determine a truck's weight.
Transportation officials say the crackdown is needed to help protect the aging roadway.
The city will start issuing violations on Nov. 8.
