Transport Ministry collects $500K in fines over 5 months

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Touch Sokha

 

Some 500 overloaded trucks have been stopped and collectively fined more than $300,000 by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport in the past five months.

 

According to a series of reports by the ministry, inspection stations across the country collected a total of $310,000 from 532 trucks found to exceed the weight limit – by anywhere from four to 48 tonnes – from May to September this year.

 

“We are committed to cracking down on 100 percent [of overloaded trucks] in order to reduce road damage,” Transport Minister Sun Chanthol said in a meeting on Wednesday. “We do not care who the overloaded trucks belong to . . we abide by the law and fine all of them without exception.”

 

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[williamgeorgeallen]

would be nice to see that money going back into fixing the roads that the overloaded trucks are damaging.

[natway09]

Where did the  other 500,000 go?