The 2019 Australian Infrastructure Audit makes several important findings on our freight networks and the challenges that they face. The findings by Infrastructure Australia highlight a number of issues and priorities that are well known to the Australian trucking industry.

The ATA submission to Infrastructure Australia, following the 2019 Australian Infrastructure Audit, recommends that governments:

• Implement independent regulation of toll road and landside port charges for heavy vehicles
• Improve heavy vehicle access and rest areas
• Improve the business case assessment of proposed infrastructure projects
• Upgrade rural, regional and remote road infrastructure
• Implement supply-side reforms to how roads are funded
• Better integrate land use and transport planning
• Deliver practical, evidence-based policies to reduce urban congestion.