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Monday, September 11, 2006
Cordi truckers now complying with load limit law, says public works
VEGETABLE truckers from the Cordillera Region are now strictly adhering to the provisions of Republic Act (RA) 8794 or the Anti-Overloading Law.
Engineer Mariano Alquiza, regional director of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), said his office no longer received any complaints from groups of truckers with regard the strict implementation of the load limit in various national roads, particularly along the North Luzon Expressway (Nlex).
He pointed out that the multisectoral dialogue held among Benguet truckers, DPWH and Manila North Tollways Corporation (MNTC), builder and concessionaire of the Nlex, over a month ago in La Trinidad, Benguet, bore significant results beneficial to the interest of the government, the investors, the truckers and local businessmen.
However, Alquiza said there must be a continuous dialogue among all parties affected to ensure better approaches to the problems that might arise in the implementation of the law.
He assured his support to the concerns of the truckers and the MNTC management, saying he will make himself available to discuss things with them, especially during the weighing and loading exercise to be done at Nlex to satisfy the officers and members of the Benguet Vegetable Truckers and Traders Association Inc.
Statistics obtained from MNTC showed a tremendous decline in the number of trucks, trailers and heavy motor vehicles being apprehended along the Nlex for violating the load limit law.
Considered by transport experts as the most liberal load limit in the global village, RA 8794 prohibits heavy motor vehicles from having more than 13.5 tons in axial load from passing through roads and bridges in the country.
With regard Alquiza’s assurance to provide a temporary weighing scale for the exclusive use of truckers at the La Trinidad vegetable trading post, he said that he will personally follow up the matter with the DPWH central office so that priority will be given to the plight of local truckers.
The DPWH will also provide technical people who will teach local truckers the proper loading techniques so that vegetable trucks would be able to meet the standard load limit and to satisfy the needs of local traders and truckers. (Dexter See)
(September 11, 2006 issue)
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