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Home>Roads & Transport
| The Hindmarsh Shire Council encompasses an area of approximately 7,520 square kilometres and is the sixth largest municipality in Victoria.
Roads and Transport issues have a direct impact on the Hindmarsh Shire Council in a number of ways including Higher Mass Vehicle issues ( B-Doubles), grain transporation issues and issues such as the Nhill Truck Trailer Exchange. Refer to the following pages for further information.
Higher Mass (B-Double) vehicles are required to apply for approval to operate within the Hindmarsh Shire Council road network. Approval for such use can be approved subject to the conditions outlined on the following pages.
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| Higher Mass Vehicles (B-Doubles): | | | Higher Mass (B-Double) vehicles are required to apply for approval to operate within the Hindmarsh Shire Council road network. Approval for such use can be approved subject to the following conditions:
• The folowing Council bridges are not to be used: Wimmera Street, Dimboola: Tarranyurk-West Road: Albacutya/Kurnbrunin Road: Rainbow-Nhill Road, Outlet Creek: Rainbow-Nhill Road, Outlet Creek: Rainbow-Rises/Pigick Bus Route Road: Bothe Road: Antwerp Woorak Road.
• Council roads with existing load limits.
• The oprators are to use the shortest all weather road from bitumen road to thier point of pick up.
• That operators do not use roads where insufficient clearances exists between any railway crossing and an intersecting road.
• B-Doubles are not permitted on any residential streets not being declared roads.
• Individual permits and the conditions are issued on the basis that they may be reviewed in the future.
The Hindmarsh Shire Council is actively involved in various groups which are addressing concerns such as the number of large trucks on roads as a result of rail freight issues; the potential impact on community safety, noise and amenity; the cost transfer implications for councils; and consultation issues by VicRoads.
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| Wimmera Regional Transport Group | | | The Wimmera Regional Transport Group meets regularly to address issues such as VicRoads major project transportation issues, Auslink funding for regional projects, the Western Highway specific issues, regional rail/freight issues, the Nhill Truck/Trailer exchange issues and future group intiatives.
The group is currently seeking approximately $6 M in Auslink grant funding for various transport issues affecting the Hindmarsh Shire Council region.
The group has organised the preparation of the Wimmera Regional Transport Plan.
The Wimmera Regional Transport Plan has been prepared to guide transport related infrastructure planning, development and implementation within the region.
There were a number of organisations that supplied information and contributed to the Wimmera Regional Transport Plan which include: Regional Agricultural Industry, Regional Transport Industry, Department of Infrastructure, Department of Sustainability and Environment, GrainCorp, Victorian Farmers Federation, Parks Victoria and Regional Tourism Industry.
The Wimmera Regional Transport Plan provides a framework for maintaining, improving and developing freight routes throughout the region to support safe and efficient movement of freight to producers, markets and ports.
The Transport Plan assesses current transport operations and forecasts future demands; it identifies planning actions and infrastructure projects that are required to ensure that economical and reliable movement of freight is achieved; the Transport Plan places particular emphasis on removal of constraints and support to growth industries.
The Transport Plan assesses the level of safety of the regional freight routes and identifies opportunities to improve safety levels and minimize risk to users.
The Wimmera Regional Transport Plan has been developed in response to the Federal Government’s decision to continue the Roads to Recovery program over 4 years from July 2005.
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