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Health Study Published

July 17, 2007

In April of this year MTAG commissioned a study into the impact of truck traffic on residents of the inner west.Approximately 1000 surveys were distributed throughout Yarraville, Kingsville, Seddon, and Footscray. Of these 500 were placed in letterboxes on the major freight routes of Francis St, Somerville Rd, Williamstown Rd and Buckley St. The remaining
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Health Study in the press

June 6, 2007

The health study results made the cover of The Mail and The Star and featured in Leader. This is the front page story in The Star (click to enlarge)

Health Study results

June 6, 2007 2 Comments

In April of this year MTAG commissioned a study into the impact of truck traffic on residents of the inner west.Approximately 1000 surveys were distributed throughout Yarraville, Kingsville, Seddon, and Footscray. Of these 500 were placed in letterboxes on the major freight routes of Francis St, Somerville Rd, Williamstown Rd and Buckley St. The remaining
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Trucks banned from Footscray centre

March 30, 2007

“Trucks have been banned from central Footscray in a landmark move to ease congestion on suburban streets.” This according to The Herald Sun March 19 2007. VicRoads has finally approved the City of Maribyrnong request to ban heavy trucks from Hopkins, Irving, Buckley, and Napier streets along with part of Footscray road. This has been
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