OVERLOADED trucks, including vegetable trucks doing business at the La Trinidad Trading Area, will soon not be allowed to enter the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX).
La Trinidad Mayor Romeo Salda on Friday, July 13, announced plans for the installation of a weighing scale in the area to determine which trucks would be allowed to pass the highway.
“Because of the incidents in Badiwan area, the TPLEX officials initially came informing me there would be a consultation among truckers after finishing the TPLEX in Rosario. They will be constructing weighing scale,” declared by the mayor after gracing an event at the La Trinidad Vegetable Trading Post.
The Aspiras-Palispis Highway, or Marcos Highway, is part of the route used by truckers in transporting assorted vegetables from the municipality to the different markets in the country.
Consecutive and numerous accidents have already transpired along the highway specifically along the stretch of Badiwan. Most accidents were reported to have been caused by overloaded trucks and slippery roads.
In a bid to avoid further accidents in the area, certain traffic rules were imposed among trucks.
Chief Inspector James Acod, Tuba Municipal Police chief, said truck drivers are compliant following its implementation of a memorandum by League of Associations at Vegetable Trading Area (LAVTA) effective July 9 advising truckers to cooperate and avoid violating traffic laws so as not to cause a traffic jam in Badiwan.
The memorandum which bans single differential trucks was addressed to all operators, truckers, drivers and chicken dung dealers who pass Marcos Highway during rainy days.
The association also reiterated their request the scraping and placing rubberized strips along the slippery road.
Acod said a double yellow lane be soon installed by the Department of Public Works and Highways.