To enable the supply of food and other essential goods between South Australia and the Northern Territory while key rail and road routes in Central Australia are cut by flooding, the NHVR has issued a notice allowing increased freight capacity on alternative road networks.
The National Class 2 Supplementary Access (Northern Territory Assistance) Authorisation Notice 2022 (No.1) provides Class 2 heavy vehicles that are road trains up to 53.5m long with temporary access to a specified route from South Australia to Queensland via New South Wales, to join the Road Train Type 2 Network through Queensland to Darwin.
While this notice remains in place, all other vehicles are advised to exercise extra caution while overtaking, as these road trains are longer than the vehicles that normally operate on this route.
This notice will expire at midnight on 24 February 2022.