Maribyrnong Truck Action Group

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 [...]

According to The Age today, WESTLINK, a proposed six-lane freeway under Footscray and through Sunshine West, is Victoria’s ”number one priority project” for federal funding, according to a Brumby government submission on the road’s likely impacts. Quietly lodged last month with the Rudd government as a requirement of federal environment laws, the submission shows the [...]

MTAG acknowledges the traffic problems the State Government is attempting to solve with the proposed Westlink Tunnel under Footscray. We also acknowledge the positive commitment by the government to the Truck Action Plan Stage 1, which includes on/off ramps from the Westgate Bridge – an essential component of the overall solution to truck traffic problems [...]

Maribyrnong Truck Action Group yesterday met Infrastructure Australia chief Michael Deegan in Sydney to discuss funding big transport projects in Melbourne’s west. Group president Peter Knight said it did not want the federal government to fund WestLink, a freeway the Victorian government is planning. Instead, the group says a new freight route linking Sunshine Road [...]

CAMERAS that are supposed to help catch truck drivers who keep inner West residents awake by flouting curfews have been riddled with problems, documents show. A VicRoads internal office memo – obtained under Freedom of Information by the Maribyrnong Truck Action Group (MTAG) – shows curfew cameras along Francis St, Yarraville, couldn’t be relied on [...]

Article today in The Age by Clay Lucas. Half of all trucks inspected by VicRoads in a key Melbourne freight corridor in the past year had a serious safety fault, or a problem with the driver. A VicRoads memo, sent on January 12 to road safety groups around Victoria by a senior enforcement manager, paints [...]

Linking Melbourne Authority has launched an online community survey to get information from local people about the way they travel around their area, what they value about their community and issues of importance to the west. Community consultation is central to the development of the WestLink route and this survey is an important part of [...]

MTAG today welcomed the State Government’s announcement of $11million to kick start Stage 1 of the Truck Action Plan. Roads and Ports Minister Tim Pallas announced the money will be used for the planning investigation of Stage 1 of the Truck Action Plan, including strengthening works on Shepherd’s Bridge over the Maribyrnong River. This funding [...]