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 petro-chemical tankers. MTAG supports, in principle, the option for placarded loads to directly
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New truck curfews announced for the inner West! At Maribyrnong town hall last night VicRoads announced long awaited new truck curfews for the inner West.Somerville Road in Yarraville will have additional curfews introduced during school crossing times 8:00am – 9:30am and 2:30pm – 4:00pm weekdays, allowing parents and kids to travel to and from school
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Following the release of a comprehensive truck survey into truck movements in the inner west, the Napthine government says it is looking at an expansion of truck curfews.The truck survey was carried out by VicRoads and the City of Maribyrnong. Read the report here: http://consult.vicroads.vic.gov.au/trucksinwest There is also a video: http://youtu.be/H63NpCwEnpo The survey has found,
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MTAG welcomes the release of Clearing the Air, a report by Environmental Justice Australia into Australia’s air pollution laws.The report explains why our air pollution standards are failing us, in particular the lack of regulation for ultrafine particulate matter, PM2.5’s. Yarraville is identified as one of Australia’s pollution hot spots, “with some of the highest
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MTAG’s Moore St Sleep In Truck Protest was a great success this morning. Big thanks go out to Rod Quantock for his fabulous humour and generous time this morning. (Rod is performing at the Comedy Festival right now) Also thank you to the Snuff Puppets, Mayor of Maribyrnong Grant Miles, Scott Adams of Less
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Comedian Rod Quantock, who The Age calls “a living Melbourne treasure”, is to MC our Moore St ‘Sleep In’ Truck protest.Please come along, have a laugh and help this community achieve social justice by joining the call for a truck curfew. 670 trucks rumble down Moore Street every night. The trucks belong on freeways and
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MOORE ST SLEEP IN TRUCK PROTEST 8.00-8.30am, Wednesday 2 April 2014 Join us for a lawful protest to symbolically reclaim the street and give the residents of Moore St the chance to get a bit of sleep… on Moore St! Why are we doing this? Moore St has seen a 400% increase in night time
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The Victorian Labor Party has today announced a new policy Project 10,000 which renews its commitment to building a truck bypass. Now called the West Gate Distributor, this project would see the construction of new ramps from the West Gate Freeway and upgrades to Hyde Street, Whitehall Street and Shepherds Bridge.This new route through industrial
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