To better assist road managers in their role, the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) is committed to providing services and tools through NHVR Go.
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Road access decisions will now be better supported by two new tools available to road managers, including the Historic Access Reporting Tool (HART) and the Access Permit Rapid Cost Benefit Analysis Tool (Rapid CBA).
NHVR acting chief safety and productivity officer Paul Sariban says the HART and Rapid CBA help road managers find new efficiencies in administering permits.
“Used together, these tools can help road managers increase their productivity, by identifying permit applications for the same vehicle type that are being submitted and approved repeatedly,” he says.
The HART allows users to generate historical permit data for their network and beyond, to identify trends in heavy vehicle usage across the network and enable full visibility of past access decisions.
Using data from the HART, the Rapid CBA then allows road managers to evaluate the time and costs of administering repeated permits, both in the present and into the future.
Receiving insight from both tools can help road managers find opportunities to free up their valuable time by gazetting and pre-approving roads where it is safe to do so.
Sariban says the NHVR’s safety and productivity tools assist in delivering safe, productive, and sustainable heavy vehicle movements that enhance community liveability, Australia’s economy, and support a resilient supply chain.
“The release of these tools not only aligns with our intention to make more services and data accessible via NHVR Go, but also implement our Heavy Vehicle Productivity Plan, to drive actions such as easing the burden of permits,” he says.
In 2024, there were more than 80,000 industry permit applications and 180,000 cases where the NHVR administered, reviewed or processed a request or decision made by an industry applicant or road manager.
“With an increasing demand on the supply chain, we want to ease the burden of permits on road managers and industry, and these tools can help better guide access decisions to save time and free up resources,” he says.
NHVR Go offers a single, digital checkpoint for road managers to manage their respective assets and help meet their safety, productivity, sustainability, and regulatory needs.
This includes access to the National Network Map, as well as self-service tools to manage their networks on the map.
NHVR Go will also play a critical role in supporting a future National Automated Access System.
To access the HART and Rapid CBA, road managers can log into their NHVR Go user accounts, where they will find the tools in the ‘Access permits analytics reports’ page.
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