A new road company is being established in Norway. The country’s government made the decision to form the new firm, which will be responsible for seven major road projects in Norway in the coming 20 years. It will be financed by government subsidies and road tolls. Some €15.35 billion will be used by the company. Planned projects include different sections on the E39, E18 and E6 roads. The Norwegian Standing Committee on Transport and Communications (Transport- og kommunikasjonskomiteen) said that the new c
Felix Scheuter, managing director at Haenni Instruments, the renowned Switzerland-based mobile scales manufacturer, gives World Highways his views on how best to ensure effective highway weight enforcement
The main danger for any road is its gradual destruction by overloaded heavy goods vehicles (HGVs). The more frequently such vehicles use a highway, the faster it is destroyed.
Mobile patrol teams using mobile weighing scales are a highly effective way to enforce weight limits aimed at protecting ro
