Benefits

Industry operator and road manager benefits

Through consultation with our Oversize Overmass Load Carrying Industry Working Group, we have agreed the principals of consistency, timeliness, certainty, transparency and customer focus need to be fulfilled to achieve a successful outcomeand deliver the following benefits.

Consistency

Industry operators will benefit from an easy to use National Automated Access System (NAAS) which will provide quick and consistent, easily accessible and understood access conditions and restrictions for all roads and bridges in Queensland. The consistent certainty and visibility of access and mass limits will enable industry operators to plan movements with confidence.

Timeliness

Industry operators will benefit from a permit approval process that is no longer labour intensive, cumbersome, slow, and inconsistent which will improve timeliness and help increase the productivity of their business operations.

Currently, due to the time it takes to complete permit assessments, some operators lose jobs. The time delays also often result in expedited grant of permits by the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator under the Heavy Vehicle National Law without completed road manager assessment. About a third of Class 1 vehicle permit renewals are expedited, heightening road manager risks.

Certainty

The biggest limitation of the current Class 1 vehicle access regime for both industry operators and the Queensland Government is certainty. The new heavy vehicle access regime will give industry operators increased certainty and visibility of access and mass limits and reduce multiple 'just in case' permits.

This will allow industry operators to plan moves with confidence. We will gain certainty of network use and vehicle and load mass to ensure we are getting the balance between transport productivity and asset consumption right.

Transparency

Industry operators will benefit from clarity and visibility of road network access which will enable them to plan and secure access to support their business. We will gain transparency of vehicle movements and their loads to better understand the actual mass, loading, frequency and behaviour of movements our roads and bridges are being subjected to. This will allow us to manage our assets effectively and in an informed manner. It will also give us oversight of compliance with notice and permit access conditions to inform assessment parameters.

Customer focus

Industry operators will benefit from a heavy vehicle access system that is quick, visual and easy to use. A system that is easier to understand and tailored to their vehicle will enable them to better meet their customer needs.

To give industry operators full productivity benefits, access limits will be based on individual road and structural capacity and for their specific vehicle rather than a one-size-fits all approach. Industry operators will also benefit from an access regime which will provide an even playing field with vehicle access being consistent for all operators.

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