Inner-west residents have delivered an impassioned plea for a solution to the truck traffic they say is plaguing their streets.
A document with feedback from the recent ‘Trucks and the Inner West Open House’ at Maribyrnong council outlines major concerns over air quality, noise and safety.
About 90 people attended the ‘open house’, with experts from Maribyrnong council, VicRoads, EPA Victoria and Department of Health discussing issues of air quality, enforcement, land use, noise and the VicRoads truck movement survey.
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The survey recorded more than 56,000 truck number plates, 6289 hours of video and 1.5 million vehicle movements. The survey results, which will show where trucks are travelling from and to, will be released in May.
Residents at the ‘open house’ called for better safety, truck curfew enforcement and air quality and noise monitoring.
“I love my child and her school [Kingsville Primary School] and I don’t want to see any more trucks go through red lights at crossings in school peak times,” one parent wrote.
Suggestions for improvements included encouraging greater use of rail, subsidising trucks using CityLink and re-routing trucks off Somerville Road in Yarraville and away from three primary schools.
Additional comments are open until April 28 and further community sessions are planned for May and August.
» Feedback or comments to trucksinnerwest@maribyrnong.vic.gov.au
