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State Budget 2010, MTAG reaction
PRESS RELEASE Anger is again rising in the inner west after the state government failed to fund the ‘Truck Action Plan' to take trucks off residential streets in the inner west.The project is budgeted at $380 million in the Victorian Transport Plan and building was...
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...
5 point Truck Action Plan: An alternative to Westlink Tunnel
MTAG acknowledges the traffic problems the State Government is attempting to solve with the proposed Westlink Tunnel under Footscray. We also acknowledge the positive commitment by the government to the Truck Action Plan Stage 1, which includes on/off ramps from the...
Rudd ‘must deny’ WestLink funds
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...
Channel 7 on Truck traffic cameras
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.
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...
Truck inspections find faults in 50%
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...
Linking Melbourne Authority wants your opinion
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...
Channel 7 News 3/12/09
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.
Funding Boost to Start Stage 1 of the Truck Action Plan
MTAG today welcomed the State Government's announcement of $11million to kick start Stage 1 of the Truck Action Plan.Roads and Ports Minister Tim Pallas announced the money will be used for the planning investigation of Stage 1 of the Truck Action Plan, including...