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Warning period takes effect for overweight trucks on Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

By CBS New York Team

/ CBS New York

Warning period begins for overweight trucks on BQE

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.

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