Estonia, Legislation, Transport

Interior Minister Ken-Marti Vaher told National Broadcasting a few days ago that he will propose that the traffic committee discuss the re-introduction of the Friday ban.

Highway Board PR department senior specialist Allan Kasesalu said that the Board intends to commission a study on the possibility of restricting heavy vehicles traffic and the effects it would bring.

"The study should be completed by autumn and after that we will adopt the position whether and what we will do in the future," said Kasesalu. ""The traffic committee wont discuss restricting heavy vehicles before the study is completed."

A traffic ban on vehicles with length of 12 metres and trucks with trailers on Fridays from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. was in force from December 2007 to April 2008 and was abolished since the legal chancellor stated that the ban was not implemented correctly and the order of such bans was not determined.