The purpose of Austroads project NEF2095 ‘Establishing Extended Hours Delivery Trials’ is to prepare, engage, implement and evaluate trials of freight deliveries in urban areas in off-peak periods.

The trials were set up using the findings from Austroads project FS1999 Overcoming Barriers to Off-peak Movement of Freight in Urban Areas, which include the need for effective stakeholder engagement, collaboration, sharing of problems and solutions and the importance of aiming to leave a legacy after major events.

Both Brisbane City Council and City of Gold Coast volunteered to undertake trials in their jurisdictions. The Gold Coast were particularly interested in trials to help prepare them and the local freight industry for deliveries during the Commonwealth Games in April 2018.

This report provides a summary of findings, the process, the range of responses from stakeholders and the successes and challenges of setting up delivery trials on the Gold Coast and also in Brisbane, Australia.

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