Question NW4442 to the Minister of Home Affairs
05 December 2022 - NW4442
Mthenjane, Mr DF to ask the Minister of Home Affairs
Which steps of intervention have been taken to combat the long lines of freight trucks waiting to cross the Republic’s ports of entry?
Reply:
Border Management have identified the management of trucks along the highways, national roads and corridors towards the ports of entry as one of the factors affecting the operational dynamics in the legitimate facilitation of persons and goods.
The following planned responses as contingences were developed:
- The establishment of the integrated traffic management plan with all transport and traffic authorities in the respective corridors to ease traffic movements;
- Collaborating with stakeholders in the freight industry regarding the utilisation of truck holding areas and the diversion of trucks to these areas;
- The utilization of single lane processes towards the weighbridges for some controlled movements; and
- The deployment of dedicated traffic officers along the routes and corridors by Provincial and Local traffic authorities to ensure compliance and enforcement of traffic laws.
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