VicRoads may have a tough sell on its hands its second of two community information session in Footscray this week on the effectiveness of truck curfews in Melbourne’s inner west.
The sessions come in the wake of fresh calls for stricter truck curfews following the latest in a series of over-height-limit-truck collisions with Napier Street rail bridge.
VicRoads, Maribyrnong City Council, EPA Victoria and the Department of Health and Human Services will host two sessions – one tonight and one on Saturday – when residents can view the results of the recent inner-west truck count and hear about the impact of the additional curfews on Somerville Road and Moore Street.
VicRoads metro north-west regional director Vince Punaro said the sessions would show the progress made in reducing truck traffic in Footscray and Yarraville.
He said traffic counts since the start of the new curfews in January showed a 75 per cent reduction in trucks on Somerville Road in school times and 41 per cent fewer on Moore Street at night.
“These curfews are making a real difference and improving the quality of life in the inner west,” he said.
The information session will be at Maribyrnong Town Hall, Footscray from 10am-noon on Saturday.
