📋 Tender Overview
On October 28, the government approved changes to the regulations on bulky and heavy transport prepared by the Ministry of Transport (MoT) in order to improve the process of issuing and coordinating transport permits, while reducing bureaucracy, administrative burden and improving the speed of decision-making. The changes in the regulations have been introduced with the aim of ensuring a more efficient and faster procedure for harmonizing permits for bulky and heavy transport, including speeding up the process of military transport, which would also reduce bureaucracy at the same time. The regulatory framework also specifies requirements related to crossing railway crossings and cancellation of permits at the request of the carrier. Also, a new norm has been introduced to prevent potential violations related to mass and axle load violations. At the moment, a relatively high proportion of violations can be observed in Latvia, when transporters, including those who have received permits for oversized and heavy transport, do not comply with the permitted vehicle mass, and this causes damage to road infrastructure and road traffic safety in general. Therefore, it is necessary to introduce a legal norm with a preventive nature, which would contribute to reducing the number of these cases. The regulatory framework will determine that the arrangements for the transportation organized by the National Armed Forces and the escorting of military vehicles will be transferred to the competence of the Minister of Defense, thus accelerating the support of military operations. It also includes a condition, if the owner of roads and streets does not provide an answer or objections within eight hours after sending the request, approval is considered granted by default. Such a reduction in the bureaucracy process enables carriers to start processing permits in a timely manner, while not losing the principles of quality and safety. These changes are also a significant contribution to the EU-level discussions on reducing the administrative burden in the field of military cargo transport in order to speed up and facilitate national requirements.
