Heavy goods vehicle overloading is a serious problem across much of Sub-Saharan Africa. Such overloading not only significantly accelerates the rate of deterioration of road pavements but, when coupled with inadequate funding for road maintenance, it contributes significantly to poor road conditions and high transport costs. The indicative cost of overloading in East and Southern Africa has been estimated at more than US$4 billion per annum. This...
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2010/03/01
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Working Paper (Numbered Series)
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Guidelines on vehicle overload control in Eastern and Southern Africa
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Pinard, Michael lan.
Guidelines on vehicle overload control in Eastern and Southern Africa (English). Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP) working paper series|no. 90 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/967041468113055806