A FRESH crop of new vehicle configurations are now eligible for NSW government’s Grain Harvest Management Scheme.
The harvest initiative led by Roads Minister Duncan Gay enables vehicles to exceed regulated mass road limits by five per cent during harvest time when transporting grain such as wheat, barley, rice oats, pulses or oilseeds from farms to the nearest participating grain receiver.
The scheme, which has been extended to run until at least June 2021, was updated to include concessions for five-axle semi-trailers, three-axle trucks with five axle dog trailers and four-axle dog trailer vehicle configurations.
More than 45 councils have signed up to the rollout of a revised scheme which increases productivity of grain transport.
“The scheme allows producers every opportunity to get their crops from paddock to silo as efficiently as possible,” Mr Gay said.
“In fact, 90 per cent of all grain delivered between January and June 2015 was done so via the scheme.”
Almost 28,000 vehicle trips used the Grain Harvest Management Scheme concession in the reporting period between January and June 2015, with around 1,200 one-way vehicle trips.
Mass concessions are available on all state roads and in council areas that have approved roads.