Gyeonggi-do Intensifies Crackdown on Overloaded Vehicles

[Asia Economy (Uijeongbu) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province is launching a focused crackdown on overloaded vehicles.

The Gyeonggi Provincial Construction Headquarters announced on the 18th that it plans to distribute 'Cooperation Letters for Eradicating Overloaded Vehicles' by mail to 86 locations, including large construction sites and aggregate extraction companies in northern Gyeonggi this month.

This measure aims to prevent overloaded vehicles, which are one of the main causes of cracks and potholes on roads and bridges, from operating, thereby preventing major accidents and economic losses caused by increased compensation and maintenance costs.

The Construction Headquarters explained that the damage caused by overloaded vehicles is significant: one overloaded vehicle with an axle load of 10 tons causes road damage equivalent to that of 110,000 passenger cars, resulting in more than 700 billion KRW annually wasted on road maintenance costs nationwide.

In particular, the Construction Headquarters conducts frequent crackdowns on overloaded vehicles through the 'Operation Restriction Crackdown Team' and actively promotes awareness by distributing notices to drivers and construction site personnel.

Last year, the Construction Headquarters inspected 2,384 dump trucks in the northern Gyeonggi area, caught 367 violations, and imposed a total of 132 million KRW in fines.

The main roads targeted for overloaded vehicle crackdowns include 14 local roads, 5 national local roads, and 3 delegated national roads in northern Gyeonggi, totaling 22 routes and 780 km.

If any one of the following standards is violated?total weight of 40 tons, axle load of 10 tons, height of 4.0 m, width of 2.5 m, or length of 16.7 m?a fine ranging from 500,000 to 3 million KRW will be imposed according to Article 77 of the Road Act.

An official from the province stated, "Eradicating overloaded vehicles is directly related to the safe use of roads by residents, so we will do our best to create local roads free of accidents through thorough promotion, guidance, and crackdowns."