Implementation of axleweight rules in Ghana: Lessons for UEMOA Member States

Posted: July 22, 2010 - updated on November 17, 2010

Dr. Andy Cook

In July 2010, UEMOA countries should all start enforcing axleweight limits for trucks. Ghana started this procedure a year earlier. This report describes the Ghanaian experience with limiting weights of trucks in transit to Burkina Faso and may hold lessons for those in other countries about to implement the new regulations.

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