A groundbreaking ceremony for a brand new weighbridge station was held on Friday, September 13. This facility goals to assist scale back the problem of overloaded vans and trailers. | Photograph by: Cebu Cordova Hyperlink Expressway Company (CCLEC)
CEBU CITY, Philippines – A weighbridge station will quickly be put in alongside the Cebu South Coastal Street (CSCR) to assist regulate overloaded vans and trailers, which have been inflicting site visitors jams and highway harm.
The brand new weighbridge station facility is designed to observe overloaded automobiles and is anticipated to make sure the integrity of the 8.9-kilometer Cebu-Cordova Hyperlink Expressway (CCLEX) and the encompassing roads, together with CSCR and the South Street Properties (SRP) viaduct.
“This challenge will likely be beneficial for everybody. It’ll smoothen site visitors on the CSCR and assist preserve the highway. Overloaded vans may be intercepted, stopping them from continuing to CCLEX or the coastal highway,” stated Engineer Allan Alfon, president and common supervisor of the Cebu Cordova Hyperlink Expressway Company (CCLEC) in the course of the groundbreaking ceremony on Friday, September 13.
The development has already been awarded to a contractor and is anticipated to be accomplished in a number of months.
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Lawyer Kent Jongoy, assistant head of the Cebu Metropolis Site visitors Workplace (CCTO), famous that the ability would play a vital function in stopping overloaded automobiles from inflicting breakdowns that result in site visitors congestion.
He defined that, as of September 12, that they had recorded 697 circumstances of disabled automobiles penalized beneath Metropolis Ordinance 718, with 80 % involving automobiles with greater than 4 wheels.
“It’s extremely publicized as a result of trailer vans breaking down trigger vital roadblocks, generally lasting as much as half a day… With the weighbridge, we will forestall incidents like final 12 months’s, when an overloaded trailer truck carrying pipes broke down in the midst of the coastal highway,” Jongoy stated.
Jongoy additionally famous that the weighbridge will complement their efforts to handle site visitors within the SRP space, particularly throughout peak hours.
He suggested truck operators and motorists to make sure their automobiles have been in good situation and to plan their journeys accordingly to keep away from inflicting delays.
The weighbridge facility aligns with Republic Act 8794, also referred to as the Anti-Overloading Act of the Philippines, which penalizes vans and trailers carrying hundreds past their prescribed gross automobile weight.
Vehicles should not allowed to hold hundreds exceeding 13,500 kilograms per axle, and violations carry a positive of 25 % of the motorcar consumer’s cost.
Furthermore, Performing Cebu Metropolis Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia emphasised public security, significantly for motorists driving close to massive vans. He famous that chubby vans might break down and harm roads, making it important to verify their weight earlier than they enter.
Garcia additional talked about that the native authorities, in partnership with CCLEC, would supply further assist by deploying a devoted crew to handle the ability.
The P70-million challenge is ready to start out inside days as soon as all needed permits are secured. In shut coordination with the Division of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Cebu Metropolis authorities, the CCLEC will fast-track its implementation.
“We goal to finish the ability in a number of months and be sure that it’s operational as quickly as doable,” Alfon added.
Alfon additional famous that the weighbridge would additionally tackle the problem of overloaded vans battling U-turn slots alongside the coastal highway. By intercepting these automobiles on the weighbridge, they may very well be redirected earlier than reaching the CCLEX construction or the slim U-turn slots.
Jongoy additionally hopes for future assist from the Land Transportation Workplace (LTO) to arrange a station on the SRP entry, not solely to examine the situation of automobiles but additionally to confirm needed paperwork. He additionally urged a composite crew from CCTO, LTO, and LTFRB for more practical enforcement.
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