LESS than two weeks before the implementation of the Intelligent Access Program, NSW is being told to overhaul its higher mass limits regime or face the prospect of trucking companies fleeing the IAP.
The trucking industry said the current process of denying access to detailed HML maps until a trucking company has enrolled in IAP is counter-productive and must change.
Truckers have complained the Government’s decision to withhold HML maps means there is no certainty as to where a vehicle can travel.
Troy Heavy Haulage Operations Manager Allen Penberton said the company has no plans to enrol in IAP for this reason and said it refuses to spend money to install GPS in their trucks only to find out they are unable to go to certain locations.
Newly-announced IAP provider Transport Compliance Services (TCS) also echoed Penberton’s concerns, saying it would like to see the NSW Government open up the information on routes.
Unless the Government acts soon, Pendlebury has backed the claim from the Victorian Transport Association (VTA) that companies will revert back to standard load limits from 1 July 2009.
The VTA last week revealed the findings of a survey it conducted with its members on IAP, claiming the results were a reality check for the program.
According to the survey, only 88 of the 585 trucks pre-enrolled in IAP in NSW would be enrolled by 1 July 2009 due to uncertainty over HML access.
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