Oversize Transport Guidebook Sweden
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Transport Exemptions - a Guidebook Exceptions (exemptions) for broad, long and heavy road transports Publication TRV 2011: Official website: www.transportoversize.eu Part-financed by the European Union Phone number: +370 46 390857 (European Regional Development Fund) Email address: [email protected] Title: Transport Exemptions (wide, long and heavy road transports) - a guide Publication number: 2011:057 Publication date: 01-04-2011 Publisher: Swedish Transport Administration Author: Thomas Holmstrand Cover photo: Thomas Holmstrand Layout cover: The studio, Swedish Transport Administration ISBN: 978-91-7467-121-6 Official website: www.transportoversize.eu Part-financed by the European Union Phone number: +370 46 390857 (European Regional Development Fund) Email address: [email protected] Foreword The Swedish Transport Administration is working with a strong customer perspective and through the effective exercise of its authority. This is the starting point for this guide. For the Swedish Transport Administration, it is important to have a community perspective in its actions regarding transport infrastructure and transport exemptions, and the disruption that these transports cause for other traffic and the service and maintenance of roads. The purpose of the guide is to support exemption authorities (municipalities and state road maintenance authorities), transport buyers, conveyors and others. In their areas of responsibility, the Swedish Transport Administration's regions shall process and make decisions on issues of transport exemptions in a uniform manner throughout the entire country. The guide refers in many cases to the Swedish Transport Administration's practices in different situations. This guide has been produced by the Swedish Transport Administration's transport exemptions unit, which processes and makes decisions on matters concerning transport exemptions within the Swedish Transport Administration on behalf of the regions. This publication replaces the Swedish Transport Administration publication 2007:144. Borlänge 1 April 2011 Lena Erixon Deputy Director-General and head of the operational area Community 2 FOREWORD......................................................................................................................................................................2 ABBREVIATIONS.............................................................................................................................................................6 GLOSSARY....................................................................................................................................................................... 7 1 GENERAL ......................................................................................................................................................... 13 1.1 THE TRAFFIC LAWS OF SWEDEN IN BRIEF.....................................................................................13 1.2 LARGE WEIGHTS AND DIMENSIONS............................................................................................... 15 1.3 SCOPE OF EXEMPTION OPERATIONS............................................................................................... 16 2 WEIGHTS AND DIMENSIONS.......................................................................................................................17 2.1 GENERAL ................................................................................................................................................17 2.2 WHERE DO THE REGULATIONS APPLY?..........................................................................................17 2.3 VEHICLE'S WEIGHT................................................................................................................................19 2.4 VEHICLE'S WIDTH..................................................................................................................................22 2.5 VEHICLE'S LENGTH................................................................................................................................24 2.6 VEHICLE'S HEIGHT.................................................................................................................................26 3 EXEMPTION REGULATIONS ..................................................................................................................... 27 3.1 EXEMPTION AUTHORITIES ETC.......................................................................................................... 27 3.2 CONDITIONS FOR EXEMPTION ........................................................................................................... 31 3.3 APPLICATION........................................................................................................................................... 33 3.4 APPLICATION FEES................................................................................................................................. 35 3.5 CONTENTS OF EXEMPTION DOCUMENTS.........................................................................................36 3.6 PERIOD OF VALIDITY............................................................................................................................. 36 3.7 EXTENSION OF EXEMPTION ................................................................................................................ 39 3.8 WITHDRAWAL OF EXEMPTION........................................................................................................... 39 3.9 APPEAL OF DECISIONS .................................................................................................................... 39 4 HEAVY TRANSPORTS................................................................................................................................................................ 41 4.1 GENERAL................................................................................................................................................... 41 4.2 CONDITIONS FOR EXEMPTION ............................................................................................................41 4.3 APPLICATION............................................................................................................................................ 47 4.4 CONDITIONS FOR HEAVY EXEMPTIONS.............................................................................................48 4.5 GENERAL HEAVY ROAD NETWORK EXEMPTIONS......................................................................... 50 4.6 CONSULTATION ....................................................................................................................................... 50 4.7 LOCAL TRAFFIC DIRECTIVES................................................................................................................ 51 4.8 PERIOD OF VALIDITY ............................................................................................................................. 52 4.9 CONTENTS OF EXEMPTION DOCUMENTS......................................................................................... 52 5 WIDE TRANSPORTS....................................................................................................................................... 53 5.1 GENERAL ............................................................................................................................................... 53 5.2 CONDITIONS FOR EXEMPTION.............................................................................................................. 54 5.3 APPLICATION............................................................................................................................................. 57 5.4 CONDITIONS............................................................................................................................................... 57 5.5 GENERAL WIDTH EXEMPTIONS ........................................................................................................... 59 5.6 CONSULTATION ........................................................................................................................................ 60 3 5.7 LOCAL TRAFFIC DIRECTIVES............................................................................................................. 60 5.8 PERIOD OF VALIDITY ........................................................................................................................... 60 5.9 CONTENTS OF EXEMPTION DOCUMENTS........................................................................................61 6 LONG TRANSPORTS ..................................................................................................................................... 62 6.1 GENERAL .................................................................................................................................... 62 6.2 CONDITIONS FOR EXEMPTION.......................................................................................................... 62 6.3 APPLICATION .........................................................................................................................................64 6.4 CONDITIONS .........................................................................................................................................65 6.5 GENERAL ROAD NETWORK EXEMPTIONS FOR LONG TRANSPORTS...................................... 67 6.6 CONSULTATION ...................................................................................................................................