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Australian Road Research BoardDecember 8, 20222 min read

Building better roads to prevent another $3.8 billion blowout

With the cost of repairing Australia’s flood and rain damaged roads expected to top $3.8 ...
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Guy HandDecember 7, 20222 min read

ACT Government moves to new strategic road maintenance program

The ACT Government will significantly increase road maintenance funding to $153 million ...
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Australian Road Research BoardOctober 25, 20222 min read

ARRB presents at SURF2022 amid European visit

ARRB’s expertise in the road surface space has featured at one of the industry’s most ...
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Australian Road Research BoardAugust 8, 20221 min read

ARRB and Brimbank working towards 100% recycled roads

ARRB is working with an innovative Victorian Council, monitoring an important project ...
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Laura Nicol, ARRB Road SurveyorFebruary 28, 20221 min read

Safety with Simplicity: Thoughts from the field

Take a look at this photo of ARRB's reflectivity measuring vehicle and the truck.
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Australian Road Research BoardDecember 1, 20212 min read

Unwanted paint priming the way in road construction

The humble can of household paint is at the heart of an Australian research mission to ...
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Guy HandOctober 27, 20211 min read

Can recycled glass help boost skid resistance on roads?

A new trial is under way to see whether recycled glass can be used to provide safer, more ...
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Australian Road Research BoardMarch 22, 2021< 1 min read

Victorian Auditor-General's report on maintaining Council local roads

Councils cannot determine whether they are getting value for money in maintaining their ...
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Australian Road Research BoardFebruary 10, 2021< 1 min read

What ARRB's labs have done in 2019 - 20

While most of Victoria were working from home during the long lockdown of 2020, our ...
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Australian Road Research BoardNovember 26, 2020< 1 min read

Former ARRB intern wins John Monash Scholarship

Former ARRB intern Jess Coldrey has been awarded a prestigious John Monash Scholarship, ...
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Australian Road Research BoardOctober 2, 2020< 1 min read

NACOE agreement extended until 2026

ARRB and Queensland's Department of Transport and Main Roads signed a new agreement on ...
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Australian Road Research BoardSeptember 28, 2020< 1 min read

ARRB's Amazing iPAVe

ARRB’s Intelligent Pavement Assessment Vehicle (iPAVe) will change the way your local ...
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Australian Road Research BoardSeptember 16, 20202 min read

ARRB's lnfrastructure Measurement Team

ARRB’s Infrastructure Measurement (IM) team takes on projects that cover not just the ...
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Australian Road Research BoardSeptember 15, 20201 min read

AI technology driving our data collection services

ARRB’s network survey vehicles are now equipped with the latest AI technology. ARRB is ...
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Australian Road Research BoardSeptember 9, 2020< 1 min read

ARRB celebrates World EV Day

The inaugural World Electric Vehicle Day (EV Day), being launched by ABB and Green.TV, ...
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Australian Road Research BoardAugust 26, 20201 min read

Can crumb rubber used in bituminous binders improve performance?

The WARRIP, the joint initiative between the Australian Road Research Board and Main ...
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Australian Road Research BoardAugust 26, 2020< 1 min read

Testing times - What ARRB's labs have done in the past 6 months

ARRB’s state-of-the-art laboratories have been busy underpinning research work, ...
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Australian Road Research BoardAugust 12, 2020< 1 min read

Seal Age Assessment - Quick, Simple, Portable

ARRB has recently developed a new test method for the rapid, in-field, characterisation ...
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Australian Road Research BoardJuly 13, 2020< 1 min read

Are our country roads really in bad condition?

Australian Road Research Board CEO, Michael Caltabiano, has appeared on Ewan Gilbert's ...
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Australian Road Research BoardMay 12, 2020< 1 min read

Road Research Radio - Best Practice Guides

Did you know that around 80% of Australia’s roads are run by local government?
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