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Welcome mat out for Gatton decoupling facility

Thirty bays for decoupling and no time limits for trailer parking

 

The Gatton Heavy Vehicle Decoupling Facility is now open after five months of work, the Queensland government announces.

The facility gives drivers the option to break down and reconfigure heavy vehicles on either side of Toowoomba Second Range Crossing before continuing their journey.

Heavy vehicle drivers can benefit from using the Toowoomba Bypass and can avoid paying a second toll to reconfigure at Charlton as part of the development, federal Minister for Transport Michael McCormack notes as part of the announcement.

“This will improve efficiencies for our essential heavy vehicle industry, cutting business costs,” he adds.


Read about earlier consultations on Gatton decoupling facility, here


Queensland transport minister Mark Bailey recognises the freight sector for its vital role in the state’s Covid-19 recovery over the past year and says the new facility is a boost for the industry.

“The new facility at Gatton will make it easier and more efficient for drivers to break down and reconfigure their trucks as needed before continuing over the Toowoomba Range or into Brisbane,” Bailey says.

The Gatton Heavy Vehicle Decoupling Facility was funded as part of the Toowoomba Bypass project.

Queensland assistant regional roads minister Bruce Saunders says the facility is an important project to support the heavy vehicle industry and make the road network around Toowoomba safer and more efficient.

“With 30 bays for decoupling and no time limits for trailer parking, drivers will be able to choose either side of Toowoomba to break down and reconfigure,” Saunders says.

“The acceleration lanes onto the Warrego Highway have been lengthened to make the highway merge safer.

“The roundabouts and overpass between the Gatton facility and Warrego Highway have also been widened and strengthened to accommodate the additional heavy vehicles expected to stop.”

The facility will be monitored by CCTV and users are advised to comply with site instructions, with penalties for dumping livestock effluent or waste and any other breaches.

More information is available here.

 

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