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    <title>Vicroads | Latest Forum Topics/News Articles</title>
    <link>http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/narrative/index</link>
    <description>BangTheTable.com - Providing the community and government with a new way to engage in public policy debate</description>
    <pubDate>2010-03-18 05:16:44 +1100</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Please outline any other views, suggestions or ideas that you would like to see considered as part of the planning for the Blackburn Rail Crossing Removal.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/topic/what-views-suggestions-or-ideas-would-you-like-to-put-forward-for-consideration</link>
      <pubDate>2012-02-10 14:05:09 +1100</pubDate>
      <title>What views, suggestions or ideas would you like to put forward for consideration?</title>
      <guid>http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/topic/what-views-suggestions-or-ideas-would-you-like-to-put-forward-for-consideration</guid>
      <author>Blackburn Road Project Team</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;We want to know what you would like to see included as part of any upgrade to Blackburn Station.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/topic/if-the-station-at-blackburn-is-upgraded-what-facilities-would-you-like-to-see-included</link>
      <pubDate>2012-02-10 14:04:42 +1100</pubDate>
      <title>If the station at Blackburn is upgraded, what facilities would you like to see included?</title>
      <guid>http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/topic/if-the-station-at-blackburn-is-upgraded-what-facilities-would-you-like-to-see-included</guid>
      <author>Blackburn Road Project Team</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;How do you think the Blackburn Rail Crossing Removal project will affect&amp;nbsp;you and the area you live in and how do you believe your issues and concerns could be addressed by the project team?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/topic/what-are-your-issues-or-concerns-regarding-a-rail-crossing-removal-at-blackburn-road</link>
      <pubDate>2012-02-10 14:00:20 +1100</pubDate>
      <title>What are your issues or concerns regarding a rail crossing removal at Blackburn Road?</title>
      <guid>http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/topic/what-are-your-issues-or-concerns-regarding-a-rail-crossing-removal-at-blackburn-road</guid>
      <author>Blackburn Road Project Team</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;We want to know how the Blackburn Road Rail Crossing Removal project may benefit you. Will it assist in relieving congestion from the area you live in? Will it increase safety in the area you live in? Whatever the benefit, we would like to hear from you.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/topic/what-benefits-do-you-expect-from-a-rail-crossing-removal-at-blackburn-road</link>
      <pubDate>2012-02-10 11:37:30 +1100</pubDate>
      <title>What benefits do you expect from a rail crossing removal at Blackburn Road?</title>
      <guid>http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/topic/what-benefits-do-you-expect-from-a-rail-crossing-removal-at-blackburn-road</guid>
      <author>Blackburn Road Project Team</author>
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      <description>&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;VicRoads invites expressions of interest from members of the local community wishing to participate in the Stakeholder Advisory Group.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;The role of this group is to assist in understanding the concerns and issues of community and stakeholders, provide advice and feedback to the project team and to provide input into the consultation process.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Please download and review the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Expression of Interest for the&amp;nbsp;Stakeholder Advisory Group Application &lt;/em&gt;and the &lt;em&gt;DRAFT Stakeholder Advisory Group Terms of Reference&lt;/em&gt; from the &lt;a title=&quot;Library&quot; href=&quot;http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/document/index/14&quot;&gt;Library&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;before making your submission.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;Expressions of interest should be received before 5:00pm Monday 05 March 2012.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For further information, please contact a member of the project team on 9881 8019.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/article/expressions-of-interest-for-the-stakeholder-advisory-group-are-now-open</link>
      <pubDate>2012-02-02 14:50:35 +1100</pubDate>
      <title>Expressions of Interest for the Stakeholder Advisory Group are now open!</title>
      <guid>http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/article/expressions-of-interest-for-the-stakeholder-advisory-group-are-now-open</guid>
      <author>HFR Consultation Team</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The Online Forum was open in August and September 2011.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Forum is now closed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can still view the comments via the 'Join the Forum' tab.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/article/online-forum</link>
      <pubDate>2011-10-04 17:28:42 +1100</pubDate>
      <title>Online Forum</title>
      <guid>http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/article/online-forum</guid>
      <author>Project Team</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Request for Information -&amp;nbsp;Provisioning of Asset Maintenance Management System&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CONTRACT NO: 8246&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;VicRoads is seeking Request for Information (RFI) from appropriately experienced providers&amp;nbsp;to inform&amp;nbsp;us of available Asset Maintenance Management Systems and market offerings.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This RFI seeks to inform VicRoads of available technologies, solutions and services to support asset maintenance management. Responses to the RFI will inform subsequent procurement requests.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Download the &lt;a href=&quot;http://webapps.vicroads.vic.gov.au/VRNE/tenconin.nsf/webAdContractNo/67794515FA205307CA2578D9002378D5?OpenDocument&quot; title=&quot;Request for Information documents.&quot;&gt;Request for Information documents. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please use this forum to provide&amp;nbsp;feedback, seek clarification or ask questions regarding the RFI process.&amp;nbsp;To participate,&amp;nbsp;click on the&amp;nbsp;'Add&amp;nbsp;Your&amp;nbsp;Comment' button.&amp;nbsp; You can also contact VicRoads via the email &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:ICT.Procurement@roads.vic.gov.au&quot;&gt;ICT.Procurement@roads.vic.gov.au&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CLOSING TIME: 3:30pm AEST, Wednesday 17 August 2011&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/topic/request-for-information-provisioning-of-asset-maintenance-management-system</link>
      <pubDate>2011-07-26 16:58:05 +1000</pubDate>
      <title>CLOSED: Request for Information - Provisioning of Asset Maintenance Management System</title>
      <guid>http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/topic/request-for-information-provisioning-of-asset-maintenance-management-system</guid>
      <author>IM&amp;T</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;VicRoads is interested in your feedback on the Draft Request for Tender (Draft RFT) for the provision, implementation, integration, and ongoing maintenance and service management of a Portfolio, Program and Project Management (PPM) system. In addition to comments on this Draft RFT specifically, we would also appreciate your feedback on our new RFT format.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To access the Draft RFT click on:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/document/show/17&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Draft - Provision of a Portfolio, Program and Project Management (PPM) System for VicRoads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you are a new participant to the IM&amp;amp;T Consultation Hub you will be asked to signup before adding your comments.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We recommend you also familiarise yourself with the conditions of review for Draft RFT's by&amp;nbsp;downloading the &lt;a href=&quot;http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/document/show/18&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Conditions Governing a Draft RFT Review&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Your feedback or questions regarding the Draft RFT or the RFT process will be appreciated as it will help improve our RFT submission.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To participate, click on the 'Add Your Comment' button. You can also contact VicRoads via the email &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:ICT.Procurement@roads.vic.gov.au&quot;&gt;ICT.Procurement@roads.vic.gov.au&lt;/a&gt;, however please note that questions and responses must be made publicly available in accordance with probity considerations and procurement processes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;DRAFT CLOSING DATE:&amp;nbsp;Friday 27 May 2011&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/topic/consultation-draft-rft-for-the-ppm-project</link>
      <pubDate>2011-05-13 16:14:27 +1000</pubDate>
      <title>CLOSED: Consultation Draft RFT for the PPM Project</title>
      <guid>http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/topic/consultation-draft-rft-for-the-ppm-project</guid>
      <author>IM&amp;T</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Do you think this consultation hub will add value to you as an IM&amp;amp;T&amp;nbsp;stakeholder and/or to VicRoads?&amp;nbsp; If you have any suggestions for how we could improve it or topics that you would like to see on the site, please let us know.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/topic/what-do-you-think-of-the-imt-consultation-hub</link>
      <pubDate>2011-05-02 14:33:41 +1000</pubDate>
      <title>What do you think of the IM&amp;T Consultation Hub?</title>
      <guid>http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/topic/what-do-you-think-of-the-imt-consultation-hub</guid>
      <author>IM&amp;T</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PROVISION OF CALL CENTRE TECHNOLOGY FOR VICROADS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CONTRACT NO: 8172&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;VicRoads is seeking expressions of interest from appropriately experienced providers, with suitably skilled personnel to be short listed for the Provision of Call Centre Technology for VicRoads.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To access the EOI click on&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://webapps.vicroads.vic.gov.au/VRNE/tenconin.nsf/webAdContractNo/BF542BB2F7DCD4A3CA257877002328D0?OpenDocument&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;8172 EOI - Provision of Call Centre Technology for VicRoads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You will be asked to register after which you can download the document.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This Forum can be used to provide feedback, seek clarification or ask questions regarding the EOI or the EOI process.&amp;nbsp;To participate,&amp;nbsp;click on the&amp;nbsp;'Add&amp;nbsp;Your&amp;nbsp;Comment' button.&amp;nbsp; You can also contact VicRoads via the email &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:ICT.Procurement@roads.vic.gov.au&quot;&gt;ICT.Procurement@roads.vic.gov.au&lt;/a&gt;, however please note that questions and responses must be made publicly available in accordance with procurement processes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A short list of providers will be determined on the basis of information provided in this EOI process from whom tenders will be sought.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;EOI CLOSING DATE: 11 May 2011&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;_____________________________&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is an Expression of Interest for relocating VicRoads Call Centre to Ballarat Victoria, scheduled for October 2011.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It is the first opportunity in the analysis and design stage to measure the market capability at a high level for the establishment of VicRoads Contact Centre. Future strategic direction, deliveries and associated objectives are anticipated.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;_____________________________&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The VicRoads Call Centre currently processes approximately 3.4 million incoming calls per year. Of these calls, over two and half million are answered directly by the call centre staff. Nearly 150 call centre staff are located at Kew (100) and Ballarat (50), currently based on a decentralised duplicated site model. For additional skill based support, some calls are diverted to remote agents located at several VicRoads Regional Customer Service Centres through a VOIP service. There are 96 dedicated IP trunk lines between Kew and Ballarat.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A relocation project for the Call Centre scheduled for October 2011 will see these numbers at Kew and Ballarat reversed. This project has provided an opportunity for VicRoads to bring forward the longer term Contact Centre Strategy. The projected strategic outcomes and associated objectives, which are meant to bring about a significant upgrade to the existing systems, are listed here and provide the context from which this market initiative will develop.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The VicRoads Service Desk currently uses the same technology as the Call Centre in a partitioned arrangement.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The anticipated future strategic direction is aimed at establishing a Contact Centre in Ballarat that will incorporate best of breed products, high performance, robust, scalable and future proof service that will provide VicRoads with improved KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) and GOS (Grade of Service). This Expression of Interest is the first opportunity in the analysis and design stage to measure the market capability at a high level for the establishment of a Contact Centre.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;For instructions on Rules Governing this Invitation and the EOI Process please refer to Part A of the Provision of&amp;nbsp;Call Centre Technology for VicRoads EOI&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/topic/8172-eoi-provision-of-call-centre-technology-for-vicroads</link>
      <pubDate>2011-04-27 14:28:06 +1000</pubDate>
      <title>CLOSED: 8172 EOI - Provision of Call Centre Technology for VicRoads</title>
      <guid>http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/topic/8172-eoi-provision-of-call-centre-technology-for-vicroads</guid>
      <author>IM&amp;T</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CONTRACT NO: 8172&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;VicRoads is seeking expressions of interest from appropriately experienced providers, with suitably skilled personnel to be short listed for the Provision of Call Centre Technology for VicRoads.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tenders will be invited from a short list of providers who will be selected on the basis of information provided in this expression of interest process.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Expression of Interest documents are downloadable from the VicRoads web site, the following link is provided for this EOI:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://webapps.vicroads.vic.gov.au/VRNE/tenconin.nsf/webAdContractNo/BF542BB2F7DCD4A3CA257877002328D0?OpenDocument&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;8172 EOI - Provision of Call Centre Technology for VicRoads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Contact: Email &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:ICT.Procurement@roads.vic.gov.au&quot;&gt;ICT.Procurement@roads.vic.gov.au&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;CLOSING DATE: 11 May 2011&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/article/expression-of-interest-provision-of-call-centre-technology-for-vicroads</link>
      <pubDate>2011-04-27 14:25:50 +1000</pubDate>
      <title>EXPRESSION OF INTEREST - PROVISION OF CALL CENTRE TECHNOLOGY FOR VICROADS</title>
      <guid>http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/article/expression-of-interest-provision-of-call-centre-technology-for-vicroads</guid>
      <author>IM&amp;T</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The Hoddle Street Study Stakeholder Advisory Group has been established to inform the planning of Hoddle Street, it ensures current and emerging issues are considered in the development of options. The group is chaired by independently by Dr Scott Phillips and includes comunity, local industry and council representatives.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Attachments include the &lt;a href=&quot;http://hoddlestreetstudy.com.au/document/show/12&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Terms of Reference&lt;/a&gt; and Advisory Group meeting minutes for &lt;a href=&quot;http://hoddlestreetstudy.com.au/document/show/13&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;March&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://hoddlestreetstudy.com.au/document/show/15&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;May&lt;/a&gt; 2010.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/article/hoddle-street-study-stakeholder-advisory-group</link>
      <pubDate>2010-08-30 13:33:13 +1000</pubDate>
      <title>Hoddle Street Study Stakeholder Advisory Group</title>
      <guid>http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/article/hoddle-street-study-stakeholder-advisory-group</guid>
      <author>sjray</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;So far, we have undertaken background work and technical investigations to understand the current role of Hoddle Street and key issues relating to land use and planning.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This includes investigations on pedestrians and bicycle counts, bus and tram travel times, turning movements and traffic surveys. The information collected will help inform what the best options are for the Hoddle Street transport corridor.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following technical reports on the current operation of Hoddle Street&amp;nbsp;are available through the library link:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://hoddlestreetstudy.com.au/document/show/11&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Existing Conditions Report (Summary)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://hoddlestreetstudy.com.au/document/show/14&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Pedestrian Evaluation Report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://hoddlestreetstudy.com.au/document/show/10&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cyclist Evaluation Report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/article/hoddle-street-study-technical-investigations-and-surveys</link>
      <pubDate>2010-08-30 13:30:21 +1000</pubDate>
      <title>Hoddle Street Study technical investigations and surveys</title>
      <guid>http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/article/hoddle-street-study-technical-investigations-and-surveys</guid>
      <author>sjray</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;We're keen to know how you found out about our online forum. Please tell us by completing our &quot;quick survey&quot; located at the bottom right hand corner of this page.&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/article/hey-how-did-you-hear-about-the-online-hoddle-street-study-forum</link>
      <pubDate>2010-03-18 05:22:57 +1100</pubDate>
      <title>How did you hear about the online Hoddle Street Study forum?</title>
      <guid>http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/article/hey-how-did-you-hear-about-the-online-hoddle-street-study-forum</guid>
      <author>admin</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;This online discussion forum is&amp;nbsp;important in helping us to understand your&amp;nbsp;interests, issues and concerns&amp;nbsp;relating to public transport, pedestrian and bicycle use, land use planning and urban design along Hoddle Street.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;VicRoads is inviting you to have your say &lt;a href=&quot;http://hoddlestreetstudy.bangthetable.com/hoddle-street-study&quot;&gt;click here to go to the Hoddle Street Study Forum&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/article/your-opportunity-to-have-your-say-on-hoddle-street</link>
      <pubDate>2010-03-18 05:16:44 +1100</pubDate>
      <title>Have your say about the future of Hoddle Street</title>
      <guid>http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/article/your-opportunity-to-have-your-say-on-hoddle-street</guid>
      <author>admin</author>
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