Monthly stakeholder meetings are held with the Possessions Team, Operators and interfacing RIMs to discuss the Possessions Calendar, Possession Requests and impacts to train operations. The Possessions Team also participates in Possession planning meetings with Corridor Teams, Major Projects and Third Party Project Teams as required.
At the discretion of the Possessions Team, meetings between the requestor and other stakeholders may be arranged to discuss specific possession requests.
The purpose of these meetings is to afford stakeholders the opportunity to provide inprinciple support and/or objections to a proposed Possession including dates, duration, alterations to train paths, standing time and other operational impacts. ARTC makes every effort to work with customers to achieve a mutually acceptable outcome.
Stakeholder support progresses the process to train planning activities and to formal notification of the Possession via a TAA (refer Section 5).
In the event stakeholders do not support the Possession, the Possessions Team will further consult with the Requestor to negotiate a suitable outcome for all parties. Should a resolution not be achieved, the matter will be escalated to the Interstate GM group (Operations, Assets, Commercial and Customer
Service) as relevant.
