The facilities would help collect data that could be used in prosecuting overload offenders.
A notice calling for proposals is expected to be placed in the local dailies soon before roll-out.
The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) plans to install unmanned weighbridges on newly constructed roads to check on overloading by transporters. The KenHA said the project is in the procurement stage and a notice calling for proposals is expected to be placed in the local dailies soon before roll-out.
KeNHA axle load control manager Muita Ngatia said the facilities would help collect data that could be used in prosecuting overload offenders.
“Initially 10 such stations will be built with the final objective being to have about 50. The contract will be for the private sector to install, maintain and manage for a period of three years,” he said.
Mr Ngatia said the cost of the project would depend on the bid value and the management board’s provision for it.
The unmanned weighbridges are expected to transform the way the roads agency monitors the weight of loaded trucks along major highways, with corruption being the main hindrance in dealing with overloading.
KeNHA operates nine static weighbridges across the country and two of them – Mariakani and Athi River have been upgraded in the last two years.
There are also high-speed weigh-in-motion weighbridges in Gilgil and Webuye which are fully automated.
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