THE AUSTRALIAN Trucking Association has warned trucking operators planning to use the Intelligent Access Program (IAP) in NSW to check that they have permits to cover all their routes.
The permits need to comprehensive cover their routes, including the last few metres off the road to their customers and depots, according to the ATA.
Trucking operators in the IAP are required to fit specialised regulatory GPS units to their trucks. These units automatically record a ‘non-compliant event’ if a truck drives off its allowed routes, which can trigger an investigation by the road authorities.
In NSW, trucking operators must be enrolled in IAP to use higher mass limits after 1 July 2009. The ATA says these trucking operator need to do an audit of their permits, to make sure the paperwork is in order for all their routes.
According to the ATA, enrolling in IAP will not automatically resolve their “first and last mile” access issues. Companies need to especially focus on checking routes where local councils have indicated approval for use, but have not yet completed the paperwork.
Companies need written permission from the private road owners whose roads they use, not just a handshake or verbal agreement, and then confirm they have access to all their routes by lodging an IAP route confirmation form with the NSW RTA.
Failure to do so could result in the trucking operators being bombarded non-compliant event notices.
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