Maribyrnong Truck Action Group

BIGGER trucks to rumble down residential streets in Yarraville? No way! SIGN THE PETITION NOW! Do you think Francis Street in Yarraville can safely accommodate trucks that are 36.5 metre long (8 Toyota Corollas or 20 bicycles) and weigh 68.5 tonnes? We understand that the freight industry has made an application to State Government to [...]

Yesterday the Napthine government officially scrapped the Truck Action Plan, a truck bypass that would have removed over 1 million trucks every year from residential streets in the inner west. The VicRoads project was fully planned and shovel ready. This short sighted decision is bad for truckies, bad for the freight industry and disastrous for [...]

MCC submission on air quality PDF This is an excellent summary of the issues we face and contains strong, sensible recommendations. Hats off to MCC! Recommendations That the Federal Government: 1. Supports the construction of alternative truck routes (on/off ramps) to and from the Westgate Freeway, in order to remove trucks from residential streets. 2. [...]

Compilation of TV news coverage of the MTAG Shepherds Bridge Blockade on 19 March 2013

Have you been wondering why MTAG has chosen to blockade Shepherd’s Bridge this Tuesday morning? Here’s why:   Enough is Enough -  Build the Truck Bypass Now Good for Truckies     |     Good for Industry     |     Good for Residents  

West abandoned to truck torment, an opinion piece in The Age October 10 2012 NOTHING better illustrates the western suburbs’ second-class status than the feeble efforts to control truck traffic through their neighbourhoods. Over two decades of rising congestion, noise and pollution, the Kennett, Bracks, Brumby and now Baillieu governments have all offered plans but [...]