Tag: traffic
Road frustration grows
Hundreds of people fed up with congestion and safety issues on Point Cook Road have signed a petition calling for action on the issue.
Point...
P-plater avoids head-on crash with police
A 53-year-old Braybrook P-plater was arrested and his car was impounded overnight after allegedly driving on the wrong side of the freeway.
Police said that...
Gone but not forgotten
The boom gates at the former Melton Highway level crossing in Sydenham have been symbolically discarded.
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Western Distributor long tunnel given the green light
The state government has headed off a clash with Maribyrnong council and Yarraville residents by announcing three-kilometre twin tunnels beneath Yarraville to connect directly...
Curfews push trucks elsewhere
Footscray residents say truck bans introduced “in someone else’s neighbourhood” are sending hundreds more trucks past their homes day and night.
Buckley Street resident Craig...
MTAG slams failure to protect child health
Government agencies are failing to protect the health of children, a group seeking reductions in air pollution in the inner west has claimed.
Star Weekly...
Plea to fix dangerous Yarraville intersection
Residents fed up with a dangerous Yarraville intersection are calling on VicRoads to help make it safer.
Belinda Wallin said she had another close call...
Silent protest to Yarraville paid parking
Residents boycotted Maribyrnong council’s final community forum before the council introduces paid parking in Yarraville next week.
The council hand-picked 13 representatives of interested parties...
Mixed results in Maribyrnong truck traffic count
New truck curfews introduced in Footscray and Yarraville in January have led to significant reductions in traffic on some roads but spikes on surrounding...
‘Monster trucks’ coming to a street near you
“Monster trucks” may soon be rolling into local industrial areas after two transport operators put the case for their use to Maribyrnong council.
A report...
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Give better this Christmas
It’s OK to veto Valentine’s Day and pay little heed to Halloween, but when it comes to Christmas most of us aren’t willing to...
