The new head of the Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) General Pablo Arturo Pujols has banned double-load freight trucks from the roads in the country’s metropolitan areas. The decision was taken to prevent accidents and has been implemented since Thursday, 21 August 2014 when double-load freight trucks were stopped nationwide.
AMET has said the measure is based on Arts. 170, 171 and 172 of Law 241-67 on Transit.
The system helped reduce truckers’ costs given the government-sanctioned truck owner monopoly. The president of the Dominican Republic Association of Industries (AIRD) Ligia Bonetti has protested the decision.
Pujols said that a meeting is being coordinated between industry representatives and the Ministry of Public Works. Bonetti said that the surprise decision affects the companies’ logistics, leading to higher costs and delays in delivery of merchandise.
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