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Van Buren port gets backing from
Snowe
Sen. Olympia Snowe has urged the
commissioner of the U.S. Department of Customs and
Border Protection to consider a petition that would
allow a commercial port of entry in this Aroostook
County town.
Commercial haulers without a permit to cross at
Van Buren must drive more than 300 miles round trip
to Houlton, the nearest commercial port to be
inspected.
"I urge you to give the request for a commercial
port of entry in Van Buren your most serious
consideration," Snowe wrote in a letter to
Commissioner Robert Bonner.
Van Buren is currently able to inspect and pass
permitted commercial vehicles in addition to rail
cars, personal vehicles, seaplanes and snowmobiles.
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