What a great turn out yesterday to our ‘Kids and Trucks Don’t Mix’ protest action, a big thank you to all who attended. Over 200 kids, parents, residents and politicians joined the call to ban trucks during school crossing times. The crowd heard from a range of speakers including Samantha McArthur – President of MTAG
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Compilation of TV news coverage of the MTAG Shepherds Bridge Blockade on 19 March 2013
Here’s a quick video from our action yesterday on Shepherds Bridge Footscray. Over 200 people were on the bridge adding to the pressure on the State Government to commit to building a truck bypass. VicRoads estimates that the bypass would remove approximately 1,000,000 trucks per year off our streets. More videos are here on MTAG’s
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James Fraser and Martin Wurt with the FOI results from Vic Roads that shows only two fines have been issued as a result of the installation of $300,000 worth of traffic cameras.
MTAG today welcomed the State Government’s announcement of $11million to kick start Stage 1 of the Truck Action Plan. This is how it was reported on Channel 7.