by MTAG Maribyrnong Truck Action Group | Nov 1, 2022 | News
Maribyrnong City Council has a Public Question Time at Council and Committee meetings where the public can seek responses from Council about issues affecting them. MTAG took advantage of this to ask some questions at the Council meeting on 18 October 2022. First, MTAG...
by MTAG Maribyrnong Truck Action Group | Aug 4, 2022 | News
MTAG recently made a submission and presentation to Maribynong councillors as part of the 2022-23 budget process to call for Council to appoint an Air Quality Advocacy and Action Executive Officer. A role like this does not currently exist within the organisation....
by MTAG Maribyrnong Truck Action Group | May 17, 2022 | News
Early in the year we started to receive many reports of trucks using Somerville Road during curfew hours along with A and B Doubles, both of which are banned on Somerville Road between Geelong Road and Whitehall Street. After some investigation MTAG discovered that a...
by MTAG Maribyrnong Truck Action Group | Dec 23, 2021 | News
The Inner West Air Quality Community Reference Group (IWAQCRG) launched their report Air Pollution in Melbourne’s Inner West – Taking direct action to reduce our community’s exposure back in September 2020. With over 8 million truck movements each year through our...
by MTAG Maribyrnong Truck Action Group | Jun 9, 2021 | General Info, News
New pollution data in Yarraville shows 39 days of breaches of objectives designed to protect human health. The findings provide clear evidence of the pollution impacts of trucks on local communities in the inner west. These levels of pollution have alarming health...
