The hunt for overloaded trucks continues

On our roads, despite the awareness, there still are acts of incivility such as leakage of trucks which persists and non-observance of the rules and regulations.

These acts have a consequence on the accelerated depreciation of service provided by the state and its complete destruction which in turn cost the state a lot of money.

"Problems faced at road weighing are those of governance because if we take the resolution to protect the road in accordance with the provisions of the Act of 1996 on the protection of the heritage road, I think that our roads will survive and will be maintained", explained Victor Kanga, consultant.

He added that: "When collections at the various stations are done in an optimal way, the savings generated may result in investments in other sectors. It is in this perspective that the Ministry of public works held , a training session for the heads of toll gates and regional inspectors for the protection and monitoring of the network on 30 and 31 July in Kribi.

This session chaired by the head, Antoine Bisaga, who accompanied Léopold Akono Mvondo, Director of maintenance and road protection, aims to enhance the professional capacity of the stakeholders through the appropriation of texts and procedures for a best performance ensuring the sustainability of our roads.

Therefore, there is the need for heads of stations to have a programme at least once a year in order to awaken what they forgot. There was also question for these experts to refine the difficulties encountered.

"In Mbankomo, since the truck drivers know that we do not have the means to hunt them down in case of leakage, they pass directly without getting weighed. There is also the problem of circumvention of the stations because there are several adjacent routes", said Christian Soumelong Ndobo, head of the Mbankomo weighing station.