VicRoads is seeking expressions of interest from companies, industry bodies and other transport technology organisations to apply for grants allocated from a pool of up to $9 million of funding over 2018 to 2020.

The purpose of the grant program is to explore new and emerging connected and automated vehicle technologies. The main purposes of the grant program are to:

* Trial Connected and Automated Vehicle (CAV) technologies that will inform and support Victoria’s readiness for automated cars in order to optimise safety benefits leading to reduced deaths and serious crashes;

* Evaluate how CAVs improve road safety trauma outcomes to inform future investment and planning (infrastructure, roads, and technology requirements);

* Generate knowledge that will inform VicRoads and Transport Accident Commission (TAC) future planning for infrastructure, roads design and CAV technology requirements that reduce road trauma;

* To spur early deployment of CAVs that will reduce road trauma by providing a testing environment for on-road development of CAVs.

Expressions of Interest documents are downloadable from the VicRoads Tenders Advertised web site at https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/business-and-industry/tenders-and-suppliers/tenders-and-contracts

Interested parties are asked to submit their expression of interest in conducting a Connected and Automated Vehicle Trial by 5:00pm on Wednesday 20 December 2017. Submissions are to be sent to cavtrial@roads.vic.gov.au.

Note: Any commercial or confidential information included in the EOI must be clearly marked in your submission

Contact: Claude Winograd Tel: 9935 4184 or Blake Harris Tel 9861 7399 for enquiries.