How to find out if you can travel in a no-truck zone
Use the No-Truck Zone Travel Check tool on the Transport Victoria website to confirm your exemption status. Visit No-truck zone travel check.
For general access heavy vehicles:
A valid exemption applies if your vehicle type is a
- Tow truck, concrete truck or waste disposal/garbage truck
- Two-axle rigid truck not transporting a shipping container
- Emergency vehicle
- Bus or motor home
A valid exemption applies if your journey type includes
- A delivery to or from a place within a no-truck zone
- Construction or maintenance work within a no-truck zone
- Vehicle repair or sale within a no-truck zone
- Driving to or from a garaged address within a no-truck zone
For journey exemptions, there is an online process on the No-truck zone travel check page to notify the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) of your travel and provide proof of exemption. You must complete this process within 48 hours (before or after) of completing your exempt journey.
You will need to select from the journey type that reflects your reason to travel in a no-truck zone. By clicking on the drop-down journey type, it will then provide you with a link to an email prompt that goes to the NHVR.
For restricted access Class 1, 2 & 3 heavy vehicles, including Special Purpose Vehicles: Refer to the National Network Maps (NNM) on the NHVR’s website to check the available network and approval status for your vehicle type.
If your vehicle or journey type is lawfully permitted within a no-truck zone this will be identified by the NHVR and no further action will be taken.
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