{"id":29260,"date":"2026-04-08T20:12:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T00:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=29260"},"modified":"2026-04-08T20:46:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T00:46:51","slug":"stricter-weight-limit-for-trucks-to-be-enforced-in-region-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/stricter-weight-limit-for-trucks-to-be-enforced-in-region-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Stricter weight limit for trucks to be enforced in Berbice &#8211; Min. Edghill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Stricter enforcement of weight restrictions for trucks will soon be implemented across Region 6\u00a0as government has acquired additional mobile scales.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill says the measure is aimed at minimising damage\u00a0caused to roads and bridges by overloaded trucks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;ll be stationing teams with scales in Region 6 very soon.\u00a0We have acquired another 20.\u00a0We have delivered to us another 20 mobile scales,\u00a0and the weight restrictions mechanism that we have announced publicly\u00a0will be enforced in the Berbice area,&#8221;<\/strong> the minister said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Responding to concerns raised by residents during a consultation meeting,\u00a0the Minister assured that those living along the Canje Bridge,\u00a0frequently facing vibrations when vehicles traverse the bridge, will soon be relieved.\u00a0He said trucks will be weighed before proceeding with their loads, ensuring adherence to the limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;People just can&#8217;t pack trucks, however they feel like packing it,\u00a0because while they are making money, they move everything in one trip.\u00a0You are also damaging roads, bridges, and other infrastructure.\u00a0So weight restrictions is something that we will be pushing heavily in Berbice,&#8221; <\/strong>he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Public Works Minister had previously noted that overweight trucks cause severe and costly damage to infrastructure,\u00a0far exceeding the value of fines.\u00a0The new measures will strengthen enforcement and protect the country&#8217;s road network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stricter enforcement of weight restrictions for trucks will soon be implemented across Region 6\u00a0as government has acquired additional mobile scales.\u00a0 Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill says the measure is&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29261,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,471,350],"tags":[488,677,883,370,499,445,412,405,532],"class_list":["post-29260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-economy","category-infrastructural-development","category-news","tag-488","tag-berbice","tag-canje","tag-guyana","tag-infrastructure","tag-ministry-of-public-works","tag-ncn-guyana","tag-ncn-news","tag-region-6"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29260"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29271,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29260\/revisions\/29271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}