Out of the 17,191 trucks that were weighed between January to April nationwide, 277 were issued with Traffic Infringement Notices for exceeding the legal weight limit.
This was revealed by the LTA CEO Carmine Piantedosi who says that this amounted to $1.5million in revenue that was collected by the Authority.
Piantedosi says of the 277 Traffic Infringement Notices, 184 were issued in the Central and Eastern Division, 40 in the North and 53 in Western Division.
He says the Authority currently has one set of portable scales each in the Western and Northern Divisions and two in the Central and Eastern and three fixed weighbridges located at Lami, Valelevu, and Lautoka.
Piantedosi says because of developments happening in the Western Division, the weighbridge teams are monitoring loads being carried on the roads between Sigatoka and Lautoka and Lautoka to Rakiraki.
He says the type of loads carried, by trucks are predominantly for construction purposes and range from sand and gravel to soft stone.
The CEO says the Authority is now targeting truck owners who breach legal load requirements with Traffic Infringement Notices.
