EAC member states passed the law in 2017, aiming to protect roads by curbing overloading. Vehicles with a gross weight of 3.5 tonnes or more have to be weighed at every weighbridge they pass through. The weight in axle of super single tyres has been lowered from 10 tonnes to 8.5 tonnes.
After a false start, Tanzania is finally implementing the East African Community Vehicle Load Control Act, 2016.
Source:
The East African
