VEHICLE OVERLOADING CONTROL – ECONOMIC, ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATIONSThe economics of it allAfrica’s transport sector is critical for the continent’s social and economic prosperity but is falling desperately short of requirements.   The World Bank...

Tolling as a user-pay mechanism is used successfully and is increasingly being considered in many countries as a means to fund the construction and maintenance of road infrastructure.  The interest in and examples of existing, successful toll initiatives create the...

Tolling of road users is a widely-used mechanism for funding road infrastructure and, like fuel levies, an equitable instrument to charge on the basis of utilization.  It is not without controversy though, and toll operators and concessionaires are often...

Multinational professional services and accountancy network KPMG International has released the results of a new global-first benchmarking study measuring the efficiency of current tolling operators, which shows that on average they are losing US$8m per year from...

The success of a project rests on the Project Manager. Project Managers will require certain qualities in order to be successful. An effective Project Manager must have the required knowledge and skills. It is with the requisite knowledge and skills on the subject...

by JH van Wyk , Managing Director, Toll Infrastructure Services (hannesva@tollinfra.co.za) Road tolling is not a new concept in the world. Records indicate that toll was being collected in the 7th century BC.  Tolls used to be seen as an additional tax, but they have...

INTRODUCTION TO OVERLOADING The transport sector is vital for the economic growth and social development of our continent. Traffic often grows faster than the economy. Africa has a large number of transport corridors which rely on road transport (more than 80%)....