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Ministry to launch weighbridge pilot project
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A transportation officer observes a truck on weighbridge. (Antara/Dedhez Anggara)
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ransportation Ministry Director General for Land Transportation Pudji Hartanto Iskandar said the government would launch a weighbridge pilot project.
The weighbridge program aims to prevent overloaded trucks from using certain roads as they are blamed for road damage, he said on Monday. "We will focus on 29 places , with nine of them to be part of the pilot project," he said.
The nine places include Aceh Tamiang in Aceh, Sarolangun in Jambi and Musi Banyuasin in South Sumatra.
(Read also:140 weighbridges prone to illegal levies: Ministry)
In the past, provincial administrations were in charge of weighbridges, but the task has been taken over by the central government, starting this year, under the Regional Administrations Law.
The failure to prevent overloaded trucks from using certain roads has been blamed on rampant illegal fees. (bbn)
