Storm rips off roof at Musina weighbridge

It’s business as usual at the recently
launched Beitbridge weighbridge
between South Africa and Zimbabwe
after a huge storm in Musina last
week ripped the roof off the office
building housing the Provincial Traffic
Authority and Cross Border Road
Traffic Agency.
The office was almost immediately
operational and once the damage has
been assessed, a decision will be taken
on the repairs.
“We just moved
the offices from
top to bottom –
and there was
no disruption
to services,” a
spokesman told
FTW.
The weighbridge
was launched
on October 19 to monitor overloading and the
roadworthiness of vehicles at this key
border crossing. Large volumes of
heavy vehicles pass through this post.
The control point is designed
to intercept un-roadworthy and
overloaded vehicles before they enter
the South African road network where
they can cause potential damage to
roads and jeopardise the safety of road
users.