The NHVR has released a pair of road tools to support road managers in making road access decisions.
The Historic Access Reporting Tool (HART) and Access Permit Rapid Cost Benefit Analysis Tool (Rapid CBA) are now available to help road managers generate historical permit data for their network, identify trends in heavy vehicle usage across the network and ensure full visibility of past access decisions, before then evaluating time and cost of administering repeated permits.
“Used together, these tools can help road managers increase their productivity by identifying permit applications for the same vehicle type that are being submitted and approved repeatedly,” NHVR Acting Chief Safety and Productivity Officer Paul Sariban says.
“The release of these tools not only aligns with our intention to make more services and data accessible via NHVR Go, but also implement our Heavy Vehicle Productivity Plan, to drive actions such as easing the burden of permits.
“With an increasing demand on the supply chain, we want to ease the burden of permits on road managers and industry, and these tools can help better guide access decisions to save time and free up resources.”
Road managers can access HART and Rapid CBA thought their NHVR Go user accounts, where they will find the tools in the ‘Access permits analytics reports’ page.
In 2024 there were over 80,000 industry permit applications and 180,000 cases where the NHVR administered, reviewed or processed a request or decision made by an industry applicant or road manager.
The insights from both tools can help road managers find opportunities, including those not previously considered, to free up time by gazetting and pre-approving roads when it is safe to do so.
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