Media Release From the Campaign for Better Transport Government moves to relax rules for heavy trucks have prompted road safety concerns from The Campaign for Better Transport. The Ministry of Transport is proposing to allow standard truck maximum weights to increase from 44 tonnes to 45 tonnes, remove the need […]
Say No To Bigger Trucks
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The Ministry of Transport is proposing changes to the Vehicle Mass and Dimension (VDAM) Rule, which controls maximum allowable weights and sizes of trucks on New Zealand roads. You can read our submission here, and make your own submission online here. A pro-forma submission which you can edit is here. […]
The Herald comes out swinging against Steven Joyce and heavy trucks. Virtually from the moment he became the Minister of Transport, Steven Joyce was an “enthusiastic” supporter of mega-trucks. He was convinced of the productivity gains to be made from allowing greater maximum loads. Little heed was paid to naysayers, who […]
The Herald has a nice juxtaposition of a photo of truck accident blocking the motorway with the headline that BIG trucks are on their way. Up to 5000 trucks will be eligible to carry heavier loads on public highways from next month. The Government is basically giving the trucking industry a […]
It is official – maximum truck weights have been increased by the Government to 52 tonnes under a permit regime as announced by the Government in a carefully timed press release just before Easter. What isn’t so clear is how the trucking industry will respond. If they pay according to […]
The debate continues over the matter of allowing heavier trucks on New Zealand’s roads, with several regional transport committees stating their opposition to the move. The Herald reports: Regional transport committees for most of the upper North Island – including Auckland – oppose allowing heavier trucks on main roads […]
Tim Davin of the Institute of Professional Engineers comments in today’s Herald: Who will bear the cost of heavier vehicles? Where will the costs of heavier vehicles fall, and will they improve New Zealand’s productivity? We really don’t know the answers to these questions as the analysis has not been […]
NZTA have supplied us with a copy of their assessment of heavy trucks on State Highway bridges. The objective of the report is to identify bridges on freight routes that would require strengthening for higher mass limits provide an indication of costs. The full copy (8Mb) is available here, but […]