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