VicRoads, in partnership with Maribyrnong City Council, Department of Health and Human Services, and EPA Victoria, invite the community to attend an information session to hear about the recent truck count results and the effectiveness of the additional curfews on Somerville Road and Moore Street. Attendees can also receive an update on stage 1 of the
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VicRoads have released their latest truck counts and launched a campaign to encourage trucks to use the freeway system at night. The good news is that Somerville Road truck traffic has decreased significantly since the new school crossing time curfew was introduced. There has been a 76% drop in truck traffic during school crossing times,
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On June 16th Samantha McArthur and Martin Wurt of MTAG spoke at a Western Distributor community meeting along with Public Transport Not Traffic and Colleen Hartland, MP.It was a great night of discussion and debate around road infrastructure, public transport, congestion and of course removing trucks off residential streets in the inner west. We all agreed
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Greens MP Colleen Hartland is hosting Western Distributor, What Does it Mean For You, a community forum to discuss the proposed road.MTAG will be speaking, along with Colleen Hartland MP and Public Transport Not Traffic. The Labor Government, including Luke Donnellan, Minister for Roads have been invited. Tuesday June 16th, 7pm – 8.30pm. VU Metrowest,
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Transurban announces proposal to build the Western Distributor Tollway. In a surprise announcement Transurban, toll road operator and owner of Citylink, has released a proposal to build a massive $5billion tollway to connect the West Gate Freeway with the City Link tollway.The proposed tollway would replace the Andrews Government’s West Gate Distributor project which they
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Australia’s leading cancer treatment, research and education institute, the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, has highlighted diesel pollution and particularly truck numbers in the City of Maribyrnong as a major health concern in a government submission. The submission, titled ‘Clean air. Less cancer’ is a response to a government discussion paper on a proposed National Clean
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WE NEED YOUR HELP – Please send a submission to the government demanding action for clean air! Right now, Australia’s Environment Ministers are developing a National Clean Air Agreement to set the priorities for national action on pollution for the next 5 years. They have released a Discussion Paper and are asking for feedback by next
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On Tuesday night, MTAG’s Martin Wurt took to the stage at Deakin Edge, Federation Square, along with Professor Tim Flannery from The Climate Council, Ron Ipsen from Voices of the Valley and Nicola Rivers from Environmental Justice Australia to discuss air pollution in Australia. It was a fantastic opportunity for MTAG to speak to a broader
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