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Municipal Reporter
HARARE City Council has embarked on a blitz targeting heavy vehicles entering and parking in residential areas in breach of the city by-laws. The council is reportedly making thousands of dollars from the operation which is also targeting the Central Business District where heavy vehicles are barred between 08000 and 1700hrs daily.
The city’s chief traffic officer Mr Campion Chishava said the fine for parking and driving heavy vehicles in residential areas is US$218 and in the event that the truck is towed away, an additional sum of US$109 would be charged.
“On a weekly basis the traffic section impounds up to 32 vehicles in the residential suburbs. It also impounds close to 900 other vehicles citywide,” he said.
“For each day the heavy truck stays in council storage, the owner would be asked to pay U$20.”
Mr Chishava urged truck operators to remove all their trucks that are wrongly parked in residential areas.
Heavy vehicles are barred from residential areas because roads in the suburbs are not designed to cater for their weight.
They also destroy infrastructure such as telephone and electricity lines and their noise and vibrations have an effect on housing properties.
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