QLD-Easter OSOM-Easter travel restrictions & exemptions for oversize vehicles and combinations
Qld - Easter travel restrictions for oversize vehicles and combinations - An oversize vehicle or combination must not be driven on any road in Queensland from 12.01am Thursday 28 March 2024 to 11.59pm Tuesday 2 April 2024, unless the oversize heavy vehicle or combination is provided an exemption.
Exemptions to the Queensland Easter travel restrictions
Agricultural vehicles
In Queensland, a heavy agricultural vehicle and combination is provided an exemption to general Easter travel conditions in the National Class 1 Agricultural Vehicle and Combination Mass and Dimension Exemption Notice Operator's Guide.
- Table 19 Holiday restrictions, found in the conditions tab under National daytime conditions and holiday restrictions.
- Queensland participating road manager network conditions under the Network and mapping tab.
Queensland Access Conditions Guide
In Queensland, the following oversize heavy vehicles and combinations are provided an exemption to general Easter travel conditions in the following schedules of the Queensland Access Conditions Guide:
- Schedule 1 provides exemptions for Class 1 Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV)
- Schedule 2 provides exemptions for Class 1 Special Purpose Combinations
- Schedule 3 provides exemptions for Class 1 Load Carrying Vehicles
- Schedule 5 provides exemptions for Oversize conditionally registered vehicles.
Note: There are no exemptions under Schedule 4 for Class 3 oversize vehicles.
Cooper Basin
Any oversize heavy vehicle and combination under notice or permit may be driven during the Easter holiday period in the Cooper Basin where travel is directly involved with, or in support of, Liquefied Natural Gas or mining activities. A map of Cooper Basin is located in the Queensland Access Conditions Guide.
Cotton harvesting
A Class 1 Load Carrying Vehicle carrying agricultural equipment in association with cotton harvesting is permitted to travel during daylight hours as per Schedule 3 Table 21.
Port of Brisbane
Any class 1 oversize heavy vehicle and combination under notice or permit operating on a Port of Brisbane roads listed in Table 25.
Port of Brisbane to bond store/holding yard
A Class 1 Load Carrying Vehicle complying with the conditions of operations between the Port of Brisbane or Mackay Ports and a Bond Store/Holding Yard Christmas and Easter holiday exemption under schedule 3 Section 4.
It is your responsibility to make sure you're using up-to-date information when you assess the suitability of your route.
You must check the Conditions of Operation Database before you start your journey.
Visit the QLDTraffic website, download the app or call 13 19 40 to report an incident or get real-time traffic reports.
