Heavy Vehicle National Law
Heavy Vehicle Stated Maps – Amendment Notice 2017 (No.2)
Statutory Instrument Series:
Stated Maps – Amendment Notice
1 Authorising provision
This Notice is made under:
a) Section 174 of the Heavy Vehicle National Law as applied in each participating jurisdiction; or
b) Section 18 of the Heavy Vehicle (Mass, Dimension and Loading) National Regulation as applied in each participating jurisdiction.
2 Purpose
The purpose of this Notice is to amend stated maps for vehicles at the request of road managers.
3 Commencement Date
The amendments take effect on 18 December 2017.
4 Title
This Notice may be cited as the Heavy Vehicle Stated Maps – Amendment Notice 2017 (No.2)
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.
Dated: 17 November 2017
Peter Caprioli
Director Network Access
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 |
s174 HVNL | Queensland | Banana | Remove the following road: North Street from Dawson Highway to Leichhardt Highway (Bowen St) | North Street, Banana is not suited to Class 2 heavy vehicles, the road is adjacent to a playground and skate park, alternate access is along Herbert Street. The reason is due to the use of heavy vehicles on a road under the authority has posed, or is likely to pose, a significant risk to public safety arising from heavy vehicle use that is incompatible with road infrastructure or traffic conditions. |
s174 HVNL | South Australia 25m B-double Route | Two Wells | Remove the following road: Temby Road from Princess Hwy to private property access | The property owner which this route provides access to has failed carry out the intersection upgrade required as per the conditions of the initial route approval |
s174 HVNL | Queensland Special Purpose Vehicle Route | Newmarket | Add bridge restriction: Ashgrove Road Bridge (-27.438174, 153.006399) | Council has recently completed a Tier 3 Bridge Assessment. The outcome of this assessment is that the bridge will now be load rated at a mass that would preclude access for vehicles operating under the SPV Notice. |
s174 HVNL | Queensland 23m & 25/26m B-double Route | Morinish | Add bridge restriction: Louisa Creek Bridge at (-23.220557, 150.213136) | Safety - Our latest bridge inspection shows that this structure is in poor condition and we are awaiting another inspection to be completed and recommendations are to be made by this report. Until further notice, this structure is to be added as a not to be crossed structure by B-Doubles. |
s174 HVNL | New South Wales Oversize/Overmass Route | Hillston | Remove the following roads: Kidman Way - from The Springs Rd to High St High Street - from Kidman Way to Kidman Way Kidman Way - from High St to Cowper St | Significant infrastructure damage caused by oversize combinations travelling through Hillston town centre. Alternate route for OSOM combinations provided by Carrathool Shire Council. |
s174 HVNL | New South Wales 19m, 23m & 25/26m B-double Route | Bargo | Remove the following road: Avon Dam Road (The road and bridge connecting with Remembrance Driveway) | John Holland Rail for ARTC has withdrawn their permission for these types of vehicles to cross their bridge. There have been a number of collisions with the masonry parapets of this bridge and the risk of a vehicle knocking large amounts of masonry onto the railway below has become too great. |