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High Productivity Vehicle Network Project
High Productivity Vehicle Network Project
Developing a strategic business case for a High Productivity Vehicle Network that includes a corridor from the SA and VIC border to the SA and WA border.
About the project
The High Productivity Vehicle Network (HPVN) program is focused on improving freight productivity on existing corridors by moving more freight with less vehicles, enhancing safety for all road users.
The overall HPVN comprises existing corridors from the South Australian and Victorian border through to the South Australian and Western Australian border, including the Eyre, Sturt, Augusta and Dukes Highways as well as connecting routes around Greater Adelaide and to Outer Harbour – forming a freight network for higher productivity heavy vehicles that do not need to transit through the city to divert away from metropolitan Adelaide roads.
Fast facts
Status
In planning.
Location
Eyre Highway, Sturt Highway, Augusta Highway and Dukes Highway.
What's happening
Stage 1 of the HPVN Project includes upgrades to the Greater Adelaide Freight Bypass (GAFB) between the Swanport Bridge/Monarto on the Princes Highway and the Sturt Highway at Truro.
A Stage 2 HPVN business case is being prepared to identify future infrastructure upgrades to open up access for triple road trains along the broader HPVN, to further improve freight productivity and efficiency.
Next Steps
We will continue to engage with industry, state and local governments, as well as communities along the HPV Network alignment to help inform the planning for these priority projects as well as overall improvements to the HPV Network:
Benefits
Economic growth - the demand for road freight in South Australia is expected to increase by 77 percent by 2050, making it vital to ensure the road network supports this growth.
Increasing efficiency - The HPVN Project will provide the necessary infrastructure to enable higher productivity vehicles to bypass metropolitan Adelaide by improving existing freight routes.
Enhancing safety - with infrastructure improvements, including junction upgrades, rest areas, overtaking lanes, grade separations, road widening, new freight links, town bypass upgrades and highway duplications.
Diverting freight traffic - Preliminary modelling suggests that improving the existing freight corridor from the South Eastern Freeway to the Sturt Highway could reduce heavy vehicles on the South Eastern Freeway by up to 240 trucks per day initially, with a further 240 diverted over the long term.
It is important to note there is no solution that will see all or even most trucks removed from the South Eastern Freeway, as freight movements remain essential to supporting the Adelaide Hills community.
Existing High Productivity Vehicle access in SA
The HPV Network predominantly aligns with established freight routes. This network is used by freight vehicles that generally travel extensive distances for regional, intrastate and interstate journeys, but vehicle sizes are restricted to the maximum combination that is approved along the route.
The routes that make up the existing HPV Network currently support PBS Level 2A (B-double) and Level 3A and B (AB triple road train) vehicle combinations, and their equivalent sized prescriptive vehicles.
The Performance-Based Standards (PBS) scheme offers the potential for heavy vehicle operators to achieve higher productivity and safety through innovative vehicle design.
Corridor map across South Australia
Map shows locations of the major highways in the corridor, as outlined under project scope.
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