Local government heavy vehicle route assessment guidelines

The guidelines were developed to assist Local Government (LG) road managers or consultants to assess the suitability of prescriptive heavy freight vehicles and Performance Based Standards (PBS) vehicles accessing LG routes under the Heavy Vehicle National Law and within Queensland. Under the Heavy Vehicle National Law, local government road managers and/or consultants assess the suitability of local government routes for access by Class 3 prescriptive or PBS heavy vehicles. The guidelines have been developed to assist with that assessment. The guidelines aim to ensure that all the key factors have been considered during the route assessment process. The guidelines provide suggested procedures for determining access and should be used in conjunction with local experience. An excel-based route assessment form is provided to assist an assessor in identifying which attributes on a route should be assessed and provides high-level assessment results to identify which assessment criteria meets the guidelines or may require further investigation to developing mitigation measures. The guidelines allow for road managers to approve access if a route does not meet the guidelines, however a risk management process has been followed and/or access is granted under permit with operating conditions. These guidelines are based on existing heavy vehicle route assessment criteria and road engineering practice from each relevant engineering discipline. The information within the guidelines was collated from existing state road authority heavy vehicle route assessment guidelines throughout Australia, Austroads guides, reports and research, and practical experience within road agencies and local government.

• Record URL:
  http://nacoe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/LG-Heavy-Vehicle-Route-Assessment-Guide-26-06-2020.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  National Asset Centre of Excellence (NACOE)

  Albion, Queensland   

  National Asset Centre of Excellence (NACOE)

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• Authors:
  • Milling, D
  • Germanchev, A
  • Ngo, H
  • Noya, L
  • Latter, L
• Publication Date: 2020-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 172p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Evaluation; Heavy vehicles; Legislation; Local government; Regulations; Route choice; Types of roads by network
• Geographic Terms: Queensland
• ATRI Terms: Evaluation; Heavy vehicle; Legislation; Local government; Road network; Route choice; Vehicle regulations
• Subject Areas: Law;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01747575
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB Group Limited
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 4 2020 2:38PM