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The UAE’s Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (MoEI) has revealed the main points of the adjustments to the federal legislation regulating the burden and dimensions of heavy automobiles.
As per the amendments that have been authorised by the cupboard earlier this month, the utmost weight of heavy automobiles plying on the UAE’s roads should not exceed 65 tonnes from 2024.
The provisions of the legislation are additionally relevant to heavy automobiles licensed in international nations that are allowed to enter the UAE.
However, these owned by safety, navy, police and civil defence authorities are exempted.
As many as 24 sensible digital gates will probably be put in by the tip of 2024 to measure the burden and dimension of heavy automobiles.
The MoEI will even collaborate with related stakeholders to approve choices specifying the utmost complete and axle weight limits, charts of dimensions, in addition to the record of violations and administrative penalties.
“Raising the level of road safety is a priority for the UAE, given that studies indicate that deaths by truck crashes amount to 62%. Moreover, the law will cut down the annual road maintenance cost by AED 200 million and will reduce carbon emissions by five billion kgs by 2032,” stated Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure.
“The land transport sector is critical to our economic prosperity, as it contributes AED 14 billion to the GDP annually. The new amendments support the government’s efforts to ensure our infrastructure is one of the safest and most technologically advanced in the world, in line with the objectives of the ‘We the UAE 2031’ vision,” he added.
