State Road Managers

Owned by Neal Lynch (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Oct 28, 2021


Working with the Jurisdictions

The NHVR Spatial Program are working with the States and Territories from SA, VIC, NSW, ACT and QLD to understand:

  • Current processes
  • Interactions with councils and council road managers
  • Current mapping systems for each state, for example RAVNET in SA and Queensland Globe in QLD
  • Workflow processes between the State or Territory, the NHVR and the Council Road Managers.

Road Manager Challenges

ChallengeHow we will visualise this on our new road management tool ? 
  • How can I visualise segments of road that I own directly on a map?
  • How can I see where specific road segments stop at borders, for example council, state or private boundaries?
  • What role does the state play in road ownership disputes?

Road segments are owned by road managers and each segment can be transferred to or claimed by another road manager if both parties agree.

This screen demonstrates the selection of the road manager, where only bordering or state road managers appear in the selection window.

Note: Correct road ownership is key to ensure that permit consents go to the correct road manager. This will lead to quicker processing times and will limit the number of times an application is not completed. This functionality will be available in our pilot program, starting in November 2021.  Where road ownership is updated, Road Managers may receive messages as follows:

When road ownership cannot be determined it seems reasonable to bring in a state and NHVR representative to help broker a deal or reason through a debate with the help of the road managers involved.

  • How do I visualise heavy vehicle networks on a map?

Our national heavy vehicle networks will be easy to use, updated in near real-time and will have a consistent look and feel across all states. It will be simple to turn on networks and will look great.

  • Make changes to roads I own directly onto a map quickly & easily

How can I visualise roads owned by council, state or other entities at a glance. For example

  • Red roads owned by the Jurisdiction
  • Green roads owned by Brisbane LGA.
  • Other councils displayed in different colours. We use an 8-colour scheme so neighbouring councils have different colours. 

  • Note: each council has own colour making it easy to see boundaries.

How do I communicate with other councils or states?

I'd like to change the attributes of a road or asset directly on a map that I own quickly and easily?

 I can add flow of traffic easily to a road in OpenStreetMap easily and within a minute  which will appear in our NHVR Maps! application almost instantaneously.

We continue to meet with the jurisdictions regularly. Want to know more email spatial@nhvr.gov.au 

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