Overweight trucks on BQE will be hit with fines starting November, warnings begin Thursday

The city is finally launching a first-in-the-nation program using technology to enforce weight restrictions against trucks on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE), with violations in the hundreds of dollars set to start in November on the crumbling highway.

Enforcement against hefty trucks weighing over 80,000 pounds, which are not allowed on the highway, will officially begin in the Queens-bound direction starting this Thursday, Aug. 10. Vehicle owners will, however, only receive a warning until Nov. 8, at which point the portly lorries will be subject to fines of $650 per violation.