The Federal government has sounded a note of warning to truck drivers of Dangote Industries and others to avoid overstretching federal highways.
The government sounded the note of warning through the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing.
It appealed to drivers of heavy duty vehicles to guard against overloading of their trucks to avoid overstretching of federal roads.
The Federal Controllers of Works in Kogi, Mr. Jimoh Kajogbola ,made the appeal while monitoring the progress of work on the damaged portions of the Kabba-Omuo-Ekiti road at Ikoyi in Iyara, Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State at the weekend.
He said: “We have problems of excessive loading of vehicles. For a road designed for 30 tons, they are carrying 45, 60, 75 and even 90 tons.
“There is no way the road will not be stretched beyond its elastic limits.
“Once it is over stretched, it fails and once that happens, there is no other way than to reconstruct it.
“The government is making efforts to check overloading by introducing the waybill system, but since that one is not yet in place, we should check ourselves.”
