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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
MAN ILA

JAN 0 9 2002
DEPARTMENT

No.

16

ORDER

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SUBJECT:

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OPERATION
OF
WEIGHBRIDGE
AND PORTABLE AXLE WEIGHING
STATIONS AND REVISED MAXIMUM
ALLOWABLE
GROSS
VEHICLE
WEIGHTS (GVW) AND/OR AXLE
LOAD FOR TRUCKS/TRAILERS.

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Section 7c of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 8794,
otherwise known as the Motor Vehicle User Charge, provides penalties for overloaded trucks
and trailers and prohibits vehicles that exceed the allowable gross vehicle weights (GVW)
and/or axle load of 3,500 kg. from proceeding on the highway (Table attached).

To ensure the efficient and coordinated use of the weighbridge and portable axle
weighing

stations, the Joint Circular signed by the Secretaries of the Department

of

Transportation and Communications, the Department of the Interior and Local Government
and this Department is hereby circularized for the guidance of all concerned.

This order shall take effect immediately.

DI';PAIU'MENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND IIIGIIW1\ YS

l>\<:PAIU'IVIENT OF TI~ANSPOI~TATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
DEPAlrrl\'1I<:NT

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INTEI~IOI{ AND LOCAL GOVEI~NI\'1I<:NT

JOINT cm.CULAI{

NDV /

2001

W II EH EA S, national roads alld bridges arc heing lInnecess:lri Iy danlaged tlllollgh the ll10venlenl (1\'\:1
these slrlll:lures or rreight trucks and lrailers, whoSL: glOss weights alld lI?:le loads exceed the allowahle limits;
WIIEIZEAS.
in order to ahate this cOIll\ilion, Republic Act (RA) No. X794, entitled "An Act II1Ipusing
A Motor Vehicle User's Charge On Owners or All Types or Motor Vchicles And For Other I'urposes," was
enacted by the Ilouse or IZepresenlalives an~1 the Senate on 0(, Jnne 2()O() and II April 20UO, respectivcly, and
was approved by the I'resident on 27 June 2000;
WHEREAS,
Section 7c of the Implemcnting
Rules and Regulations (IRR) of RA No. 8794 provides
penalties for overloaded trucks and trailers and prohibits vehicles that exceed the allowable gross vehicle \Veighl~;
(GVW) andlor axle loads f/'clill proceeding on the roadway;

stations

WIIEIZEAS,
the Dcpartment
of Public Works and Ilighways
(DPWII) has installed weighbridge
at strategic locations along national roads whidl can determine the weighls or trucks alllltrailcrs; and

WII EIZEAS, there is a need to provide eJ'/icient and coordinated use of the weighbridge and portahle
axle load weighing stations in order to implement the provisions or ICA. No. ~794 and Section 7c or its IRR so
as to prevent the movement on national lOads nnd bridges or overluaded trucks and trailers;

compliance

NOW, 'f'11I:REH)/{I~,
by all concerned:

in consideration

or the above

premises,

this Circul:lr

is hercby

issued

lill

I.

The DPWII thlll its Regional/District

OfIiees, shall assign five (5) personnel per shift in each
weighbridgelportable
axle weighing station. The Department or Transportation
and Coml11unications
(DOTC) thru the Land Transportation
Office (LTO) shall assign one (J) personnel per shill or its duly
deputizcd DPWII or PNI'-TMG personnel at the said station. Thc Department or the Interior and Local
Governlllcnt (DILG) thru the Philippine National Police-Traffic
Management Group (PNP-TMG) shall
assign one (I) personnel per shi 11 Each station shall be manned 24 hours a day, including Saturdays,
Sunuays and Ilolidays,'uivided
into three (3) shifts as l'ollows: OSOO HI' - l(lOO IIR, 1600 I]R - 2400
IIR and 2400 IIR - osqo filC

2,

The DI'WII shall be responsible 1'01' the operdltion or the weighbridge and port[lble axle load weighing
stations along national roads nlltionwide,
At each weighbridge or portable lIxle load weighing slat ion,
the DI'WI] starr shall weigh loaded trucks and trailers using the appropriate
equipment, lInd shall
determine and indicate, in the prescribed lorm the actual load per axle and the total allowable gross
vehicle weight. Based ,on these data, the DPWII starr shall identify the overloaded trucks and trailers,
i.e., those that exceed, the allowable vehicle dual-wheel axle load or 13,SOO kg and gross vehicle
weights shown in Annex "A", and shall imlllediately notify the LTO and I'NI'-TMG personnel assigncd
at the station to take appropriate action on these vel)iclc.~--i.i-si)J'i)viilCtrhereunder.
1':)1' the overloaded
vehicles, the !WWJ I starr shall tUI'll over one copy each of the corresponding
accomplished
fOllllS
containing the vehicle ,~xle load and weight data to the 1.'1'0 and I'NI'-TMG personnel allhe station.

3.

The DUrC, thru the Cro, shall be responsible

1'01' imposing
penalties on overloaued vehicles as
determined through the operation of weighbridge and portable axle load wcighing stations as provided
in Section 6 or RA No. 8794 and pursuant to Section 7c of the IRR. The LTO personnel or its duly
ueputized DPWH or PNP-TMG personnel assigned at the station shall issue to the driver or the
overloaded vehicle, identified by the DPWIl stall per item 2 above, a Temporary Operator's Permit
(TOP) indieuting therein tlw excess load and the corresponding
pel~alty to be paid in the amollnt

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l:quiv,dcntto
tWl:lIly-fiVl: pl:rl:l:llt (25%,) oftlH.: Motor Vl:hick USl:r's Ch,lrgc (MVUC) applicahk to Ihl:
whick althl: tillll: of inliingl:llIclIt, providcd [Iwllhl: pcrwlly shall hl: waivcd It)!' loadings exeeedill!', Ihc
allowahk c;VW hy a to!craIlCl: ofkss than fivc pl:rTcnl (5'1,,).
4.

Thl: DILe;, thru

li'OI11 proceeding
or portable axle
13,SUO kg or the
GVW.

lhc I'NI'-TrvIG, pursuant to Sl:ction 7c ortlie fRI{, shall disallow any truck or trailer
on the roadway if, as determined by the DI'WI I li'OI11 till: operation or the weighbridge
load weighing statioll, either any or the dual-wheel axle load or the vehicle exceeds
total vehicle loau exeeeds one hunured Ii ('[y pl:reent (150%) of the maximum allowable

This Order shall take errect fineen days after the reeeipt or thrce (3) copies thereor by lhe Office or lhc
National Administrative
Register (ONAI{), U.l'. Law Cen{(;r, Diliman, Quezon City and its publication in two
(2) newspapers or nationwide general circulation.
IN WITNESS WIIEREOF,
day 01'

this

tlie parties herelo have affixed their signatures

" 2001.

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IN TIlE PRESENCE

-JOSE D. UNA, Jl
Secretary
DeparlnH.:nt or the Interior and L(Kal Government

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SIGNED

done at the Cily or Manila,

OF:

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EDGARDO M. AUENIN/\
Assistant Secretary
Land Transportation
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23 October, 2000

MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT (GVW) PER RA NO. 8794

Based on the maximum allowable axle load of 13 500 k s.
MAX. ALLOWABLE
TRUCKS/TRAILERS
DESCRIPTION
GVW
In K s.
CODE I-I

TRUCK WITH 2 AXLES

(6 WHEELS)

0)

r8 001
rJ-oooJDE

16,880

'CODE 1-2

'-3

CODE 11-1

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0
CODE 11-2

~.

00
CODE 12-(

<0
CODE 12-2

00
CODEII-3

CODE 11-11

TRUCK WITH TANDEM

REAR AXLE
3 AXLES (10 WHEELS)

27,250

TRUCK WITH TANDEM

REAR AXLE
4 AXLES (14 WHEELS)

29,700

TRUCK SEMI-TRAILER
WITH 3 AXLES
(10 WHEELS)

30,380

TRUCK SEMI-TRAILER
WITH 4 AXLES
(14 WHEELS)

30,380

TRUCK SEMI-TRAILER
WITH 4 AXLES
(14 WHEELS)

30,380

TRUCK SEMI-TRAILER
WITH 5 AXLES
(18 WHEELS)

37,800

TRUCK-TRAILER WITH 2
AXLES AT MOTOR
VEHICLE & 3 AXLES AT
TRAILER (18 WHEELS)

TRUCK-TRAILER WITH 2
AXLES AT MOTOR
VEHICLE and 2 AXLES AT
TRAILER (14 WHEELS)

30,378

30,378

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23 October, 2000

, MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE

GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT (GVW) PER RA NO. 8794

B ase d on t IIe maximum a IIowa bl e ax Ie Ioa d 0 f 13,500 kq~s.

MAX. ALLOW ABLE
TRUCKS/TRAILERS
DESCRIPTION
GVW
(In K2S.)
CODE 11-12

o~o 00
CODE 12-3

000
CODE 12-11

~o
~o

0
CODE 12-12

00

Prepared by: Department of Public Works and Highwyas

TRUCK-TRAILER WITH 2
AXLES AT MOTOR
VEHICLE and 3 AXLES AT
TRAILER (18 WHEELS)

36,900

TRUCK- TRAILER WITH 3

AXLES AT MOTOR
VEHICLE and 3 AXLES AT
TRAILER (22 WHEELS)

41,000

TRUCK-TRAILER WITH 3
AXLES AT MOTOR
VEHICLE and 2 AXLES AT
TRAILER (18 WHEELS)

37,800

TRUCK- TRAILER WITH 3

AXLES AT MOTOR
VEHICLE and 3 AXLES AT
TRAILER (22 WHEELS)

41,000