Past ATA Chair Geoff Crouch launched the new advisory procedures at the ATA’s recent 2024 Technology and Maintenance ...

The situation is projected to get worse, with road freight projected to increase by 77 percent from 2020 to 2050, according to BITRE.

OSOM restrictions will be in place for vehicles over 2.5m wide. Operators are asked to call the project team prior to arranging travel plans.

Two initiatives stand out for their effectiveness and necessity: the Mode Shift Incentive Scheme (MSIS) and the Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme (TFES).

Truck driver Andrew Harris is based in Townsville and the company also has a depot at Ayr, which is 90km south.

Key to its success – apart from producing the highest quality, world class products of course – is that it still remains Australian owned and operated.

B-doubles and oversize overmass vehicles are able to use the detour to access Port Macquarie or the Oxley Highway as it is suitable and acceptable, said TfNSW.

A new 127-metre dual-lane bridge will open next week in Western Australia's Kimberley Region, replacing an ageing single-lane bridge.