Maribyrnong Truck Action Group

Article in “The Age” July 6 2011 WHEN Noah Lautman-Wurt was seven, his family took him to his first protest rally over the number of trucks in residential streets in their Yarraville neighbourhood. Noah, now 17, has heard a decade of state government promises to reduce the number of trucks driving through the inner western [...]

BY GRANT REYNOLDS Maribyrnong Weekly 08 Jun, 2011 12:00 AM Roads and Transport Minister Terry Mulder has undermined the future of a $380million project to divert trucks off residential streets after contradicting advice from VicRoads about its benefits. And a local MP says Mr Mulder has to explain whether he knowingly misled the public accounts [...]

Peter Knight June 8, 2011 The Age Imagine 7000 huge trucks roaring past your front door every day. ON JUNE 27, the residents of Yarraville and the inner west celebrate a dubious anniversary. Ten years ago on that day, the Environment Protection Authority measured air quality on the now notorious, Francis Street. This was in [...]

MTAG and ‘Less Trucks for Moore held a successful rally today on the steps of Parliament house today in Melbourne. The groups set up 1000 toy trucks to symbolise the number of trucks using streets in the City of Maribyrnong every hour. Residents of the inner west held up banners while playing amplified trucks noises. [...]

22nd November 
Parliament
 House
 Steps
 10
am 
sharp Maribyrnong Truck Action Group and Less Trucks for Moore are asking for people to donate toy trucks to use in a rally to draw attention to the increasing numbers of trucks using residential streets in the inner west. On 22nd November the two local community groups will join [...]

PRESS RELEASE Maribyrnong Truck Action Group (MTAG) offers cautious support for preferred Westlink Tunnel route provided it is accompanied by strict truck curfews and other measures Maribyrnong Truck Action Group has cautiously welcomed the announcement of the preferred route for the Westlink Tunnel. “The government appears to have listened to community concerns by choosing the [...]