Transportation and Public Works

Vehicle Weights and Dimensions Regulations

Vehicle weights and dimensions changes were made on December 20, 2005

Read the regulations regarding vehicle weights and dimensions by clicking on the arrow button next to the regulations titled Weights and Dimensions of Vehicle Regulations on the linked page.

For more information on these regulations, please call Don Stonehouse, Program Manager, Vehicle Weights & Dimensions, (902) 424-2490 stonehdo@gov.ns.ca


Overdimensional and Overweight Vehicles and Loads

For information on the rules and policies governing overweight vehicles and loads please contact Mark Pertus, Manager Structural Engineering, at (902)424-6777 or pertusma@gov.ns.ca or Jim Francis, Senior Bridge Engineer, at (902) 424-2567 or francisji@gov.ns.ca.

For information on the rules and policies governing overdimensional vehicles and loads please contact Don Stonehouse, Program Manager, Vehicle Weights & Dimensions, at (902)424-2490 or stonehdo@gov.ns.ca, or Paul Richard, at (902)424-2206 or richarpa@gov.ns.ca.

For information on ordering a special move permit for overdimensional and/or overweight vehicles and loads please contact Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations at (902) 424-5851 or 1-800-898-7668 (in Nova Scotia only) or see Special Move Permit: Overdimension and/or Special Move Permit: Overweight


Proposed Atlantic Overdimensional Special Move Permit Conditions

Comments Requested

The Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Public Works, jointly with the transportation departments in the other three Atlantic Provinces, has developed a proposal for the establishment of uniform special permit conditions for the movement of indivisible overdimensional vehicles and loads within Atlantic Canada and within Nova Scotia.

The proposal also includes standards for escort vehicles and specifications for warning devices.

A draft Escort Vehicle Drivers’ Handbook is also presented for comments.

Included in the documentation is a report that summarizes the implications and required changes by each province.

These documents can be accessed at the Council of Ministers’ web site at: http://www.comt.ca/english/programs/trucking/atlanticpermit.html

Comments will be received up to and including December 1, 2006.

Comments can be made directly on the Council of Ministers’ web site, or by
- e-mail to: stonehdo@gov.ns.ca
- regular mail to: Don Stonehouse,
PO Box 186,
Halifax, NS B3J 2N2
- fax to: 902-424-0512, or
- phone to: 902-424-2490.