Funding boost for heavy vehicle safety projects

The federal government will provide $4.4 million through Round 9 of the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator’s (NHVR) Heavy Vehicle Safety Initiative (HVSI) to promote heavy vehicle safety.

The NHVR is encouraging businesses and organisations that have projects that will help improve safety in the heavy vehicle industry to apply for the safety grants.

“Project submissions must directly address at least one of the themes – safer drivers, safer vehicles or safer road use – by investing in driver or supply chain skills and training, vehicle safety technologies and improvements, or heavy vehicle educational tools and resources,” NHVR said in a media statement.

The deadline for submitting applications is 19 February 2024 at 5pm, according to NHVR.

More information can be found here.