Toll Rates For Super Highway ( M-9 ) VEHICLE TYPE

Car/Jeep/Land Cruiser/Pajero Tractor without Trolley & Equivalent Wagon upto 24 Seats/Coaster/Mini Bus Mazda Chasis upto 24 seats and Mini Trucks Busses greater than 25 seats 2 Axle, 3 Axle Trucks, Tractor with Trolley 4/5/6 Axle Trucks (Articulated) Pak Rupess 75/Pak Rupess 90/Pak Rupess 175/-

TOLL RATE
Pak Rupess 30/Pak Rupess 45/-

Toll Rates For National Highways VEHICLE TYPE

Car/Jeep/Land Cruiser/Pajero Tractor without Trolley & Equivalent Wagon upto 24 Seats/Coaster/Mini Bus Mazda Chasis upto 24 seats and Mini Trucks Busses greater than 25 seats 2 Axle, 3 Axle Trucks, Tractor with Trolley 4/5/6 Axle Trucks (Articulated) Pak Rupess 75/Pak Rupess 90/Pak Rupess 175/-

TOLL RATE
Pak Rupess 25/Pak Rupess 35/-

Axle Load Control

On our highways, it is common practice for the conventional 2-axle and recently introduced multi-axle trucks to over load. Their tyres are also over inflated, resulting in reduction of their contact areas that exert pressures far in excess of safe bearing capacity of the road pavement structure. When overloaded trucks run on flexible road pavements having unbound bases, signs of distress soon appear after the facility is opened to traffic. This results in an early pavement failure and an investment in road construction worth billions of rupees is wasted every year.

Unfortunately there is no axle load control for over loaded trucks plying on our roads. The restrictions have damaged the country's roads and the situation demands immediate imposition of axle load restrictions.

Over Loading Axle Load Limits Load Control Impact Over loading by commercial trucks in Pakistan is a serious problem. The heavily over loaded trucks stress the road structure beyond safe bearing capacity. As a result of which roads break up. The government has to spend billions of rupees every year to repair the roads. The local truck body makers are producing wider and elevated truck bodies which enables the truck owners to over load and reduce haulage cost.

On our highways, it is common practice for the conventional 2-axle and recently introduced multi-axle trucks to over load. Their tyres are also over inflated, resulting in reduction of their contact areas that exert pressures far in excess of safe bearing capacity of the road pavement structure. When overloaded trucks run on flexible road pavements having unbound bases, signs of distress soon appear after the facility is opened to traffic. This results in an early pavement failure and an investment in road construction worth billions of rupees is wasted every year. Unfortunately there is no axle load control for over loaded trucks plying on our roads. The restrictions have damaged the country's roads and the situation demands immediate imposition of axle load restrictions.

The roads which are designed for 8.2 tons standard axle load are subjected to loads as high as 24 tons and gross truck weight of about 80 tons. Though haulage cost is reduced and profit margin for transporters manifolds but it causes severe damage as illustrated above. Axle Load Control - Over Loading In Pakistan presently there are around 136000 registered commercial trucks (3% of total vehicles) plying on our roads. Since there is no adequate truck manufacturing industry in Pakistan, types and makes of these trucks varies. Bodies are mostly manufactured in Pakistan by local Industry not following proper dimensions. Bed Ford (53%), Hino (23%), Nissan (16%), Isuzu (5%), other (3%) are common types of trucks. According to a study carried out by NHA, composition of Commercial vehicles determined in 1995 is presented below:-

The study revealed that there is a trend in the commercial market to use multi axle trucks instead of 2axle. In 1982, share of 2-axle was 96.5% that reduced to 69% in 1995, whereas share of multi axle trucks increased from 4% in 1982 to 31% in 1995. Premature pavements failure of the National Highways and its rehabilitation and maintenance is the result of over loading. Axle load study NTRC conducted in 1995 indicates that 88% of trucks are loaded above the designed limits of 8.2 tons and 43% above the axle load limits of 12 tons. The prime reasons for the overloading as indicated in the study are the dominant presence of 2-axle trucks i.e. 69% in the overall truck fleet presently plying on our National Highways. Various studies nave indicated that 2 axle trucks cause most of the damage to pavement structure because of load distribution Mainly on rear axle.

Technically speaking damage of road by standard axle (8.2 tons) is one and any increase in load on an axle increase by a power of 4.5. In addition to higher loading and to offset its effect tyres are over inflated far in excess of their normal pressure capacity. Studies revealed that almost 100% of the tyres are inflated in excess and are mostly as high as 160 psi against permissible design limits of 100 psi.

Axle Load Control - Axle Load Limits

Since its establishment in 1991, NHA carried out studies not only to determine axle load limits but also prepared standard specifications and established design standards based on AASHTO standard specifications. The axle load limits and gross weight recommended for enforcement on the highways in Pakistan are presented as:-

Axle Load Control - Load Control Impact

Unfortunately, for long there has been no adequate legislation for legal axle load limits for trucks plying on our roads. This practice of no axle load restriction has damaged the country's roads and burdened the national exchequer. With the enforcement of legal axle load limits, Government of Pakistan will save billion of rupees that are spent yearly on repair and maintenance. Riding quality and the level of service will also be maintained for the designed period while a handsome financial benefit will be gained by lowering the vehicle operating cost (VOC) by the implementation of axle load limits. Load control will not only help in reduction of road maintenance cost but also encourage the importers to introduce prime mover and trailer combination. This will change the total picture of truck transport and container transportation will be encouraged.