THE QUESTION
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO 283
DATE REPLY SUBMITTED: 24 APRIL 2013
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: FRIDAY , 01MARCH 2013
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 04 â 2013)
Mr I M Ollis (DA)to ask the Minister of Transport:
1) Has he investigated the need for a weighbridge to stop overloaded
vehicles
entering the towns of Parys and Vredefort from the direction of
Johannesburg;
2) What other mitigating factors has his department investigated to
alleviate the burden on the roads of (a) these and (b) other small
towns countrywide that carry additional traffic as a result of toll
roads and toll fees? NW358E
3. THE WRITTEN REPLY
The Minister of Transport
1) Yes.
a. A National Overload Control Strategy (NOCS) was developed,
in partnership with Provincial Departments, during 2004 to
identify the need for weighbridges across the country,
which included the region in the vicinity of that region of
the country
(2)
b. The NOCS proposed two weighbridges, one on the R82 near
Sasolburg and another on the R59 near VanderBijl Park.
These weighbridges together with the existing scales in the
Gauteng province would act as the barrier to control
overloading in that region of the country.
c. Traffic surveys are done by SANRAL ahead of any toll road
opening and again after the toll road have been opened. If
these surveys indicate significant diversion of traffic
then assistance is rendered to the local authority to
increase the capacity/structure of the affected
roads/routes.