Heavy Vehicle National Law

Heavy Vehicle Stated Maps – Network Suspension and Amendment Notice 2022 (No.5)

1 Authorising provision

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.

2 Purpose

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

3 Commencement date

1) Suspension or amendment of the routes in Schedule 1 under s1(1)(a) above commences immediately upon publication of this Notice; and

2) Cancellation or amendment of the routes in Schedule 1 under s1(1)(b) above commences 28 days after publication of this Notice.

4 Title

This Notice may be cited as the Heavy Vehicle Stated Maps – Suspension and Amendment Notice 2022 (No.5).

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: 2 November 2022

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 PBS Level 1 network	Whittlesea City Council	Remove the following roads: Walnut Street and Wyntour Street, Whittlesea	Local roads in built up area, that could be used as shortcuts between two arterial roads. Arterial roads intersection 100-200m south of these local roads and provide appropriate arterial road alternate for vehicle movements.
s173 and s175 HVNL	Queensland B25 route	Hinchinbrook Shire Council	Remove the following roads: Mill Rd, Macknade	The current route pushed the heavy vehicle traffic through the small township of Macknade and forces these vehicles to navigate a sharp bend at the Post Office below. The nature of the bend places these trucks at risk of crossing the centre line of the road with no visibility of oncoming traffic. The community partitioned Council and Wilmar to reduce heavy vehicles through the township and this request is a result of community consultation with these residents.

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

PBS Level 1 network

Whittlesea City Council

Remove the following roads:

Walnut Street and Wyntour Street, Whittlesea

Local roads in built up area, that could be used as shortcuts between two arterial roads. Arterial roads intersection 100-200m south of these local roads and provide appropriate arterial road alternate for vehicle movements.

s173 and s175 HVNL

Queensland

B25 route

Hinchinbrook Shire Council

Remove the following roads:

Mill Rd, Macknade

The current route pushed the heavy vehicle traffic through the small township of Macknade and forces these vehicles to navigate a sharp bend at the Post Office below. The nature of the bend places these trucks at risk of crossing the centre line of the road with no visibility of oncoming traffic.

The community partitioned Council and Wilmar to reduce heavy vehicles through the township and this request is a result of community consultation with these residents.