Heavy Vehicle National Law

Heavy Vehicle Stated Maps – Network Suspension and Amendment Notice 2023 (No.11)

 

  1. Purpose

 

The purpose of this Notice is to amend stated networks for vehicles on the Regulators initiative.   

 

2.       Commencement date

 

1)      Suspension or amendment of the routes in Schedule 1 under s4(1)(a) below commences immediately upon publication of this Notice; and

 

2)      Cancellation or amendment of the routes in Schedule 1 under s4(1)(b) below commences 28 days after publication of this Notice.

 

3.       Title

 

This Notice may be cited as the Heavy Vehicle Stated Maps – Suspension and Amendment Notice 2023 (No.11).

 

4.       Authorising provision

 

1)      This Notice is made under:

 

a)      Section 175, immediately suspending or amending the routes listed in Schedule 1 of this Notice to prevent or minimize serious harm to public safety or significant damage to road infrastructure; and

b)      Section 173, cancelling or amending the routes listed in Schedule 1 of this Notice on the Regulators initiative.

 

5.       Application

 

This Notice applies in all participating jurisdictions. 

 

6.       Amendments

 

The specified networks in Column 2 of Schedule 1 to this Notice are amended as specified in Column 4 for the Road Manager’s reasons shown in Column 5.

 


7.       Public notice of amendment

 

Any person affected by the purpose of the action they make written representation to the Regulator within 14 days of the publication of the notice about why the amendment should not be made.

 

Dated: 31/10/2023

Jose Arredondo

Manager Network Access Policy

National Heavy Vehicle Regulator

Schedule 1 Table of Amended Routes

Column 1

Authorising Provision

Column 2

Network

Column 3

Locality

Column 4

Changes to Route

Column 5

Road manager Reasons for Change

s173 and s175 HVNL

Victoria –

Multiple Networks –

All 2A PBS network maps.

Department of Transport and Planning

Remove the following roads:

High Street/Warren Street in Echuca

Now that there is a new bridge in play too across the Murray River, we should probably be trying to encourage all larger trucks to use the major highways rather than the C class road within Echuca that goes straight through a key town activity centre. (e.g. if trucks are heading between NSW and Victoria they use the highways are unsuitable from a safety risk.

s173 and s175 HVNL

South Australia –

Multiple Networks – GML Commodity Routes B-double and Type 1 Road Train networks.

Lower Eyre Council

Add restrictions on the following road:

Speed limit 40km/h

Gap Road, Coulta SA

RRD 000 (Flinders Highway) to RRD 10260m

RRD 10260 to Settlers Road

Reduce speed limit to 40km/h.

 

Issues are tight bends, widths around bends and steep gradients. This is also a school bus route.