Author Archives for Philip Greenwood

Six lane freeway tunnel under Footscray

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 state
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Rudd ‘must deny’ WestLink funds

April 15, 2010

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 in
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Truck curfew cameras unreliable

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 in
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Truck inspections find faults in 50%

February 17, 2010

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 a
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Linking Melbourne Authority wants your opinion

February 16, 2010

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 early
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