Guidelines for the Provision of Heavy Vehicle Rest Area Facilities

Heavy vehicle rest areas (HVRAs) are provided to help heavy vehicle drivers manage fatigue and comply with driving hours regulation. To aid road managers in this task, Austroads has produced  Guidelines for the Provision of Heavy Vehicle Rest Area Facilities. This document draws on and provides an update to the 2005 National Transport Commission Guidelines. It also incorporates guidance outlined in ‘A Proposed HVRA Needs and Prioritisation Methodology’, published by Austroads in 2012. This document supersedes those two documents. Note Transport Certification Australia (TCA) is progressively releasing digitised informal rest area information through their Traveller Information Exchange (TIX).