Driving productivity with heavy vehicle changes
28 proposals to change heavy vehicle rules will reduce compliance costs and improve productivity for New Zealand’s transport operators, Associate Transport Minister James Meager has confirmed. Mr Meager says consultation has begun on a set of practical changes which would make it easier for operators to get on with the job, support more productive freight movements and maintain high safety standards. The proposals form Phase 3 of the Heavy Vehicle Productivity workstream under the Government’s Land Transport Rules Reform Programme. It includes: Allowing heavy vehicles to carry more weight and freight, reducing the number of vehicle movements on the roads. Exempting fire trucks from mass limits so they can get to where they need to go and fight fires, not mountains of paperwork. Allowing crane trucks and sucker trucks to operate more easily under specialist vehicle weight limits. Giving overdimension vehicle operators more flexibility about when and where they can operate, including on Auckland motorways and tolled roads. Relaxing travel time restrictions for overdimension vehicles and loads to make better use of our roads. Shifting load pilot vehicle signage and other detailed oper
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