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Making trucks safe
The Leader published an article about the Delta Police’s annual commercial truck inspection blitz. The failure rate of 41 per cent of the 535 vehicles inspected (including 24 of 52 dump trucks) is unacceptable to us and is rightfully a concern.
However, the statement in the article that “...problem trucks continue to be short-haul vehicles that serve the three local shipping ports” is not accurate.
As part of the Deltaport Third Berth Project, Port Metro Vancouver has made every effort to eliminate dump truck trips from local roads by using water transportation for construction materials.
This has eliminated approximately 600,000 dump truck trips through Delta.
There have been a few instances where materials could not be barged inland and dump trucks had to remove excess preload to sites in Delta, but this did not occur during the time these inspections took place.
Port Metro Vancouver is also working to both regulate and monitor the safety standards of container trucks calling on our facilities.
Our truck licensing system regulates the age of these vehicles and includes an agreement with trucking companies and owner/operators to share information with us regarding their driving and safety records.
We believe that commercial vehicles using our roads must meet acceptable safety standards and we support the efforts of the Ministry of Transportation and police agencies to bring this about.
[Source:Bclocalnews.com]
However, the statement in the article that “...problem trucks continue to be short-haul vehicles that serve the three local shipping ports” is not accurate.
As part of the Deltaport Third Berth Project, Port Metro Vancouver has made every effort to eliminate dump truck trips from local roads by using water transportation for construction materials.
This has eliminated approximately 600,000 dump truck trips through Delta.
There have been a few instances where materials could not be barged inland and dump trucks had to remove excess preload to sites in Delta, but this did not occur during the time these inspections took place.
Port Metro Vancouver is also working to both regulate and monitor the safety standards of container trucks calling on our facilities.
Our truck licensing system regulates the age of these vehicles and includes an agreement with trucking companies and owner/operators to share information with us regarding their driving and safety records.
We believe that commercial vehicles using our roads must meet acceptable safety standards and we support the efforts of the Ministry of Transportation and police agencies to bring this about.
[Source:Bclocalnews.com]
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