New Brunswick seeks input on harmonizing rules for overdimensional loads

FREDERICTON (Feb. 11, 2002) — The New Brunswick Dept. of Transportation has scheduled public meetings in the coming weeks to gather ideas on how to harmonize rules, policies, and conditions related to the movement of overweight and oversize vehicles and loads in Atlantic Canada.

The input received will be used by the Task Force on Vehicle Weights and Dimensions Policy to create a memorandum of understanding among New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and Prince Edward Island.

Currently, each of the four Atlantic provinces has different requirements for oversize and overweight vehicles or loads. This complicates the transportation of an indivisible oversize and overweight vehicle or load through more than one jurisdiction, and decreases efficiency for the transporter.

Consultation sessions will be held in the following seven locations:

Dieppe
9 a.m. Feb. 25
Crystal Palace, 499 Paul St.
Scoudouc Room

Miramichi
9 a.m. Feb. 26
Rodd Miramichi River Lodge, 1809 Water St.
Sevogle Room

Bathurst
2 p.m. Feb. 26
Atlantic Host Inn, Route 11 at Vanier Boulevard
Salon A and B

Campbellton
9 a.m. Feb. 27
Campbellton Memorial Civic Centre, 44 Salmon Boulevard
2nd floor Conference Room

Edmundston
9 a.m. Feb. 28
Hotel Howard Johnson Plaza, 100 Rice St.
Assumption 1 and 2 Room

Fredericton
9 a.m. March 1
Fredericton Inn, 1315 Regent St.
Bicentennial Room

Saint John
2 p.m. March 1
Howard Johnson Hotel, 400 Main St.
Parrtown A and B Rooms

No pre-registration is required for the sessions. Submissions may also be e-mailed to: consultation@gnb.ca or faxed to 506/453-3701.

Information about New Brunswick’s requirements for the movement of oversize and overweight loads/vehicles are available online at http://www.gnb.ca/dot/index.htm.