The Parliamentary Committee on Transport, Communications and Works met today, Thursday, 31st March 2022, and discussed the following issues:
1. The Merchant Shipping (Issue and Recognition of Certificates and Maritime Training) (Amendment) Act, 2021.
(Fak. No. 23.01.062.173-2021)
The Committee began clause-by-clause consideration of the above bill, the purpose of which is to amend the principal Act to, among other things, achieve the upgrading of maritime education by regulating the operation and status of Maritime Training Academies in the Republic, and the more effective implementation of the International Convention on Standards of Training for the Issuance of Certificates and the Keeping of Seafarers' Watches (STCW Convention).
The Committee decided to continue the discussion on the provisions of the bill at its next meeting.
2. The need for control arising in respect of the use of tachograph and speed cutter systems on buses and lorries on motorways, and of workshops installing the tachograph calibration plate.
(Self-investigation following a recommendation by Mr. Marinos Moussioutta, Mr. Christos Orfanidis and Mr. Chrysanthos Savvidis)
(File No. 23.04.038.901-2021)
The Committee began discussion of the above item, in the presence of representatives of government officials and stakeholders, during which it considered issues relating to the proper implementation of legislation regarding the installation and use of tachographs, as well as the installation of a speed limitation device on certain types of vehicles.
In particular, the committee was concerned, inter alia, with the checks carried out by officials on truck and bus drivers relating to the mechanical condition of the vehicles, the licences and documents that drivers are required to hold and the exceeding of the speed limit. Further, the Committee requested clarification as to the checks carried out by officials to ensure that workshops installing and calibrating speed limitation devices are properly licensed.
The discussion on this matter will be continued at the next meeting of the Committee.
3. The need for upgrading and construction of improvement works on the Kanto-Omodos road.
(Ex-officio examination following the recommendation of Mr. Marios Karoyan, Mr. Marinos Mousioutta, Mr. Alekos Tryfonidis and Mr. Michalis Yiakoumis)
(No. Doc. 23.04.038.801-2021)
The Committee continued, in the presence of the Commissioner for Mountain Community Development, as well as representatives of the relevant government departments and affected community councils, the discussion of the above matter, during which it was informed by the Commissioner for Mountain Community Development of the preparation of a study on the Troodos-Lekosia and Troodos-Lemesos road network, in which the needs for accessibility, connectivity and maintaining road safety first and foremost have been documented. The Commissioner expressed his readiness to listen to the suggestions of the affected communities with a view to finding mutually acceptable solutions.
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