As you may be aware, the State Government is at this time commissioning an extensive study – The Eddington East-West Needs Assessment – into the future of transport and freight in Melbourne, and one of its terms of reference is looking at heavy transport issues in the inner west.The public are invited to put forward submissions as part of this process before the end of May. MTAG are currently putting together a submission. We believe the results of this Residents Truck Impact Study will provide us with vital information about how the community of Maribyrnong feel about living in an area which contains major freight routes.
The importance of this survey cannot be underestimated; with the planned expansion of the Port of Melbourne the Bracks Government has predicted there will be a doubling of the number of trucks on our roads in the next 10 years.
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