ARUP has been awarded iRAP certification after achieving 3, 4 and 5-star ratings for their proposed Tonkin Highway Extension project on behalf on Main Roads Western Australia. ARUP’s design achieved a 5-star iRAP safety rating for pedestrians and bicyclists, a …
The RA Board determined the Chair and Deputy Chair roles for the five RA Policy Streams for 2023 at its meeting on 25 November. With Aneetha de Silva’s election as RA President, the Board agreed to name incoming RA Vice …
The Draft CLOCS-A (Construction Logistics and Community Safety – Australia) Standard was recently released for comment by the steering group overseeing the development of this new safety regime. This is the local version of the well known UK CLOCS standard …
Safety is Roads Australia’s number one policy priority – and today’s Spotlight on Safety industry breakfast sponsored by Altus was a positive opportunity to highlight some of the innovations being deployed across Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom to …
Last week, Austroads released an economic analysis for their national initiative to harmonise temporary traffic management practices. The analysis estimated that roadside worksite crashes cost $3.2 billion over a 10-year period. However, the cost is not solely economic. The study …
The Queensland Government has released a new plan which shows how Cross River Rail will enable better connections and integration with the rest of South East Queensland’s rail network. The South East Queensland Rail Connect plan will establish a new …
As a Principal Partner for National Road Safety Week, RA was pleased to be present at Sunday’s official launch in Melbourne with Peter Frazer OAM and Victoria’s Minister for Roads and Road Safety Hon. Ben Carroll MP. The launch was attended by …
The National Road Safety Partnership Program’s (NRSPP) collaborative Heavy Vehicle Tool Box Talk (HVTBT) project has developed a range of TBTs to help organisations deliver engaging safety messages on topics relevant to heavy vehicle drivers’ daily tasks. The first Tool …
Roads Australia (RA), the peak body for roads within an integrated transport system, says the Infrastructure Priority List (IPL) released today by Infrastructure Australia (IA) confirms the central role of enhanced transport infrastructure in promoting post-COVID economic recovery and welcomes its clear focus on enhancing connectivity within Australia’s integrated transport networks.
Tasmania’s road network will be safer and more sustainable as a result of the record level of infrastructure investment included in today’s Tasmanian State Budget according to Roads Australia (RA), the peak body for roads within an integrated transport system.