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Melbourne’s Freight Rail Future
MTAG's Samantha McArthur will be speaking at a discussion on Melbourne's Freight Rail Future at Parliament House, hosted by Public Transport Not Traffic. The forum will discuss: The challenge created by Melbourne currently having no direct port freight rail link,...
MTAG IS 10! (and to celebrate we launched a movie)
Today MTAG celebrated 10 years of campaigning – a celebration of community spirit, resolve and determination. We were also very excited to launch a mini doco about our 10 year campaign - Port Trucks Out, MTAG's fight for truck free streets. We are very proud of it and...
2015 National Air Pollution Summit
Environmental Justice Australia will be holding its 2015 National Air Pollution Summit in Melbourne on Saturday 14th November. MTAG will be speaking alongside Senator Richard Di Natale and countless air pollution campaigners and health experts from across Australia. ...
MTAG presents at the Inquiry into the Proposed Lease of the Port of Melbourne
In late September MTAG's Martin Wurt and Narelle Wilson gave evidence at the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Proposed Lease of the Port of Melbourne. Unfortunately there were some fairly major technical issues with the video and PowerPoint presentation. Despite...
MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!
Transurban Western Distributor Information Session - MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD! Transurban has re-designed the proposed Western Distributor’s planned freeway tunnel under Yarraville. The entrance is now STARTING in Yarraville and NOT in the existing freeway footprint as...
MTAG’s statement on the Western Distributor
MTAG met with representatives of Transurban on 29 September, for the purpose of a briefing on the second stage of the Western Distributor proposal.We now have a better idea of some aspects of the proposal - including their rationale for shifting the...
The Western Distributor Design Update
Transurban have released an updated design for the Western Distributor.The new design includes moving the Southern portal from the Westgate Freeway to land behind Francis and Hyde Street, with an off-ramp on to Hyde Street for trucks carrying dangerous goods such as...
Freight on Rail – Sign the Petition
The group Public Transport Not Traffic have put together a petition calling on Daniel Andrews to support Metropolitan Freight on Rail.$58 million dollars is all it would cost to upgrade the rail terminal at Swanson Dock. This money has been fully budgeted for...
Trucks & the Inner West Community Information Sessions
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...
VicRoads release 2015 truck counts.
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. ...