Consultation on maximum weight limits for greener freight vehicles

Views sought on increasing the maximum authorised weights for certain alternatively fuelled vehicles and certain zero emission vehicles.

The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) is seeking views on a proposed increase of maximum permitted weights for certain alternatively fuelled vehicles or zero emission vehicles, mainly heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), within Northern Ireland.

The proposed measure is not for improving road safety but is a focus on climate change which supports the reduction of harmful carbon emissions. The aim of this increase in maximum weights is to encourage freight operators to adopt alternatively fuelled vehicles and zero emission vehicles by removing any payload penalty caused by the heavier alternatively fuelled or zero emission powertrain.

This consultation will be of interest if you, or your organisation, own or operate, or plan to own or operate in the future, any alternatively fuelled or zero emission vehicles, mainly HGVs.

Find out more about the consultation and how to respond.

First published 22 January 2024