New Zealand Heavy Haulage Association Incorporated

Working for the Overdimension and Overweight Transport Sectors

Oversize loads play an important role in the New Zealand's economy and are therefore permitted to travel on the country's roads. To minimise disruptions and ensure the safety of other road users special operating conditions apply. Further information

Other road users may need to take care around overdimension and overweight loads that at times may need more road space than normal freight loads. Advice for other road users

Road designers should be aware of the travel of overdimension and overweight loads when designing or altering roading networks. The Heavy Haulage Association has developed a comprehensive guideline for engineers to use.

Transport operators in this sector find that their policy and operating environment is constantly changing. One of the Heavy Haulage Association's main goals is to keep its members up to date with these changes.
Latest Updates

EEA Guidefor High Loads Released

The Electricity Engineers Association has released it's Guide for the Transport of High Loads. This guide aims to provide guidance to electricity network companies for how to manage overheight loads through their networks. The NZ Heavy Haulage Association welcomes this Guideline, and it is available for downloading.

 

Wellington Trolley Bus Network Overhead Approvals

The new contractor to Wellington Cable Car to provide overhead escorts for high loads moving within the Trolley Bus network in Wellington City, has advised of a new application form and criteria.

Overheight loads travelling in the Wellington Trolley Bus network area, need to apply to Transfield Services with five (5) days notice with any loads over 4.6 metres high.

The Association is currently in a dialogue with Transfield about the criteria, the five day notice and the indemnification requirement on the application form.

Trolley Bus Notification Form

The Association welcomes feedback from members about this.

Transfield have indicated some good initiatives - such as raising the wires on some of the routes used by high loads - but the Association feels that this is a good time to look at all the criteria and conditions surrounding this approval and escorting process.

 

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