Economics and Financing

A Review of Current Practice for Industry Contributions to Local Road Costs

Publication no: AP-R240-04
ISBN: 0 85588 686 2
Published: 30 January 2004

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Whilst there are many different sources of funding for road construction, maintenance and rehabilitation, a limited number of these are available for application to local roads. Changes in the volume and type of freight being carried on local roads are leading to increased costs for councils and there is interest in systems for recovering these costs. This report reviews current practice in Australia for the recovery of local road costs from industry. The project also reviews the benefits of preparing guidelines for the recovery of local road costs caused by transport operations.

A REVIEW OF CURRENT PRACTICE FOR INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTIONS TO LOCAL ROAD COSTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. LITERATURE REVIEW
3. SURVEY ADMINISTRATION
4. SURVEY RESULTS
5. BENEFITS OF DEVELOPING GUIDELINES
6. IMPEDIMENTS TO IMPLEMENTATION OF MEASURES FOR COST RECOVERY
REFERENCES
APPENDIX A THE SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE
APPENDIX B RESULTS BY JURISDICTION
APPENDIX C COUNCILS WHICH HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE
APPENDIX D A NEW DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTIONS SCHEME FOR VICTORIA
APPENDIX E NATIONA ROAD TRANSPORT COMMISSION TECHNICAL RESPORT ON UPDATING HEAVY VEHICLE CHARGES
APPENDIX F THE QUEENSLAND MAIN ROADS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ROAD MANAGEMENT AND INVESTMENT ALLIANCE
APPENDIX G THE QUEENSLAND POLICY FOR DEALING WITH ROAD DAMAGE FROM INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
APPENDIX H THE QUEENSLAND FORESTRY MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
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