Transport Certification Australia Limited (TCA), the company administering the Intelligent Access Program (IAP), has welcomed the announcement from Main Roads in Queensland that heavy vehicle operators can now apply for the IAP in Queensland to improve their freight efficiency.
Main Roads and Queensland Transport say they are ‘working closely together to bring smarter transport solutions to Queensland’, with participation in the IAP becoming a requirement for Higher Mass Limit (HML) access in Queensland from 1 July 2009.
The IAP is a program which provides heavy vehicles with improved access to Australia’s road network in return for monitoring of compliance with specific access conditions by vehicle telematics solutions.
TCA Chief Executive Officer Chris Koniditsiotis said the announcement highlighted the benefits the IAP can offer to both road authorities and transport operators.
“The IAP is all about ensuring the right vehicle is on the right road at the right time.
“It provides road authorities with the ability to provide transport operators with enhanced heavy vehicle access to the road network safely and appropriately and this ability has been recognised in Queensland by Main Roads and Queensland Transport and I congratulate them on their vision,” Mr Koniditsiotis said.
“By utilising the IAP road authorities can enable reforms that deliver increased productivity as well as improved safety – overcoming the view in some quarters that these issues occupy two extremes of the same continuum.”
Under the IAP, participating heavy vehicles are monitored using telematics services with an in-vehicle unit (IVU). The IVU is supplied and operated by an IAP Service Provider, certified by TCA.
Only IAP Service Providers, identified by the IAP Certification Symbol, can supply IAP services. Sigtec Pty Ltd and Transtech Driven are the currently available IAP Service Providers.
For more information about the IAP, including contact details for IAP Service Providers, visit www.IAP.gov.au or to apply for the IAP in Queensland, visit www.transport.qld.gov.au/iap.
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