The first four of 28 new waste trucks have arrived to service Ipswich’s rapidly growing city, replace an aging fleet and ensure an efficient waste collection service for residents with additional safety features.
Growth, Infrastructure and Waste Committee Chair Ipswich Mayor Teresa Harding said 12 of the world-leading vehicles will be on the region’s roads by Christmas, with the remaining 16 available in 2023.
“As Queensland’s fastest growing city, there is, on average, 135 new bins put out every week for collection,” Mayor Harding said.
Mayor Harding seen in the new trucks’ many safety cameras, including a 360 degree camera.
“These new trucks will help ensure Ipswich Waste Services keep up with the significant service and population growth the city is experiencing,” Mayor Harding said.
“The growth is not necessarily evenly spread, with areas such as Spring Mountain, Ripley and South Ripley growing rapidly.
“To address this, council will commence a review in early 2023 of our collection days across the city with an aim of improved service delivery that is more cost effective for residents.”
Mayor Harding said Wacol-based Volvo and Eagle Farm-based Superior Pak are involved in the manufacturing and delivery of the 28 new trucks.
“We will have some of the most modern waste collection vehicles on our roads with cameras and technology that significantly improves community safety with this new fleet,” Mayor Harding said.
“This new side arm collection fleet was chosen after a detailed procurement exercise that concluded with Volvo chassis and Superior Pak bodies.
“They will service all waste, recycling and organic wheelie bins across the city.”
Growth, Infrastructure and Waste Committee Deputy Chairperson Councillor Paul Tully said the new fleet comes with some of the most modern technology in the industry.
“The trucks feature at least 12 cameras watching in all directions – including waste going into the hopper. There is also the latest version of collision-avoidance, lane-departure, radars and auto braking technology,” Cr Tully said.
“As part of a major focus on safety, Ipswich Waste Services is the first customer of a new pedestrian-detection technology that has been added to the vehicles.
“This system specifically looks for people who may enter the exclusion zone around the lifting arms and automatically stops the action if someone is detected.”
Council will maintain most of its existing collection fleet in the short term, as the new vehicles arrive, to ensure that sufficient vehicles are always available as the busy summer season approaches.
Council provides services to assist residents to manage their waste in a manner that protects the environment and community health.
For information about waste and recycling services provided by council, visit council’s website.
To find out when your bins are scheduled for servicing, check the Bin Collection Calendar.
Download the Ipswich Bin app to your smartphone to keep up to date on the right waste in the right bin and to know when the right day is to put your bin out.
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For information about the green lid FOGO bins, follow this link.
I am very worried that someone will get seriously injured , if not killed trying to cross Edward street to the medical centre and also crossing Briggs Road to the bike track !!
Please we need footpaths all the way to Briggs Road and along the rest of the way to down Edward St ! People are trying to not use their cars including myself ! But you end up playing roulette with your life and with childrens lives with the trucks travelling along both of roads on a continual roll!! A lot of money has been spent on the bike track but not easy to get there without a vehicle, travelling by bike is just as bad as walking
Kind Regards
Wendy Winks