Network of weighbridges under construction LEONARD NEILL OVERLOADED VEHICLES are coming under the stringent scrutiny of Namibian Road Authority (NRA), which is currently supervising the building of a network of weighbridges along its three major routes serving international destinations. Some are already in use, and transport operators are already finding themselves faced with heavy fines and other penalties because of excessive overloads. The three major routes are the TransKalahari Highway, serving Botswana and South Africa, Trans-Caprivi Highway which travels through Katima Mululo to Zambia, and the north-south link which travels right through the country, serving Angola in the north and South Africa in the south. The network of 12 weighbridges now under construction will be completed by 2007, says NRA’s Lawrence Kiggunda. Once completed, their management will be contracted out to the private sector. A computer-based networking system will monitor overload control operations on a continuous basis to collate data and identify malpractice for the planning of future intervention, he says. Transport operators facing the biggest problems will be those whose vehicles are found to be overloaded beyond 1 000kg.
Namibia blitzes overloaded vehicles
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