Chapter 11 - Sedibeng District Municipality

Management and Operations:The Overload Control Gauteng (OCG) committee,
which is a joint provincial and local government governance structure, is utilized as a
forum for planning, co-ordination and evaluation of overload control activities in
Gauteng.Five of the six provincial w eighbridges in Gauteng are operated and
managed in-house. The sixth w eighbridge, namely the dual facility on the N3 at
Heidelberg is managed and operated on a PPP basis in the form of a management
contract. This facility is operated daily on a 24-hour basis.All the municipal
weighbridges are operated and managed in-house by municipal traffic officers.A
public-public partnership has been formed betw een the various municipalities that do
overload control and the GPTRW. In terms of this partnership, GPTRW makes funds
available to pay for overtime for municipal traffic officers performing overload control.
How ever, there is need for additional investment in infrastructure and technology to
enhance overload control at municipalities.
Information Management:It is essential that management at all levels is able to
access up-to-date reports on overloading enforcement activities. Key subsets of
information are monitoring of overloading and heavy vehicle volumes, static vehicle
weighing, manpow er and operations, and court cases.The permanent traffic counting
stations w ill also be used to evaluate changes in heavy vehicle volumes as a result of
the implementation of the overload control strategy.Static vehicle w eighing data forms
the basis of most of the reporting related to overloading control at w eighbridges and
include statistics on top offenders, maximum overloads, commodity and foreign
operator statistics, vehicle class statistics and E80 statistics.Information regarding
manpow er and w eighbridge operation is important primarily to management
resources, budgeting, and effectiveness in the Provincial Directorate: Traffic
Management, both at the head office and the regional offices.Because of various
problems that are related to court cases it is important that the success of
prosecutions is monitored on an ongoing basis.
Weight-in-Motion:There is opportunity to research the application of w eigh-in-motion
technology on Gauteng roads in order to save on infrastructure and operating
costs.The main culprit for the high level of road damage is axle overloading not gross
overloading.The utilisation of w eigh-in-motion technology is relevant for an urban
environment.In order to implement unmanned w eigh-in-motion there is need to review
regulatory changes to facilitate the use of this approach.
Self Regulation:Work is underw ay to introduce a Road Traffic Management System
(RTMS) for management and self-regulation of the industry. The system is intended
to reduce the number of police stops required for law enforcement application on
Heavy Goods Vehicles. Part 1: Operator Requirements-Goods w as published by the
SABS as a recommended practice, w ith the intention of becoming a national
standard. Part 2 and 3 – RTMS Standards for Consigners and Consignees are in
preparation.There is need for the DoT and GautengProvince to develop incentives to
encourage industry to comply w ith the recommended practice of self regulation.
Registered participants could earn concessions on vehicle insurance, toll fees, less
delay at traffic management control centres/w eighbridges, etc.
11.1.3 Abnormal Loads
There are few companies in South Africa that specialise in the transportation of
abnormal goods, some of w hich are NATRO Freight, Mammoet, and Vangaurd. The
DoT in partnership w ith the CSIR, RFA, Provinces and other organisations
established a committee to address overloading and abnormal loads.
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