VCAT has made the outrageous decision to approve a child care centre at the corner of Williamstown Road and Francis Street. This intersection is arguably the most polluted in Melbourne and completely inappropriate for a child care centre! Children are highly susceptible to the health impacts of air pollution as they spend more time outdoors and are more active. They
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From 1 November 2016 VicRoads is banning ‘super sized’ B double trucks from the West Gate Bridge, apparently it can no longer take the weight.Instead these massive trucks are going to be allowed to use Francis Street and Williamstown Road, Yarraville to get to the Port. Watch this shocking video to see what our community
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Fantastic turn out to the Is the Tunnel Good for our Neighbourhood Protest Action with over 100 people braving the early morning cold and helping to make this community’s voice heard! The protest featured Snuff Puppet Ring Master, the fantastic ‘Deliver us From Diesel’ community band and a range of speakers including: MTAG President Samantha McArthur
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Will the Western Distributor really rid our streets of trucks? It’s time to hit the streets, to send a clear message to government – commit to permanent truck bans once the Western Distributor is built, and give us world’s best practice filtration, or we don’t support it. Join us for a lawful, safe and family
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The State Government has announced its intention to build the long tunnel design option for the Western Distributor.On and off ramps will connect to the West Gate Freeway in Yarraville and Spotswood but the final design will not contain any flyovers and will be built as close as possible to the existing West Gate Freeway.
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We are very pleased to announce that as of Monday 11th July Francis Street will get a school crossing time truck curfew! This is a huge win for Wembley Primary School children who will never again have to contend with thousands of semis and b-doubles on their commute to and from school every day. Not
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It’s not often we get a win and this one is a biggie. The Scoping Requirements for the Western Distributor Environmental Effects Statement have been released. The Scoping Requirements set out the matters to be investigated and documented in the EES. MTAG submitted to this process and we are pleased to see that many of
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On the 24th February MTAG presented to the Economy and Infrastructure Committee at the public hearing for the Inquiry into Infrastructure Projects. Appearing alongside MTAG were Concerned Locals of Yarraville and Friends of Stony Creek. This is the transcript of MTAG’s presentation: “MTAG welcomes this opportunity to speak today. We are a residents based lobby group
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