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"GREEN" NEWS * Australia - Brakes put on trucks
“We can see some tangible evidence that the area is safer and less polluted, providing an environment where people can go and enjoy themselves without the fear of trucks thundering past them” ... Pakenham,Victoria,Australia -The Footscray, Yarraville, Braybrook Star, by Candice Boyle -22 January 2008: -- Evidence showing less truck traffic in central Footscray has prompted calls for bans across the municipality... Almost 90 per cent fewer trucks were passing through central Footscray last year after the introduction of truck bans in April... Maribyrnong Truck Action Group member Peter Knight said the ban had made a difference... The results from a week-long truck count showed a 77 per cent reduction in Nicholson St. Similar results were recorded in Irving St where there was a 66 per cent reduction, and a 48 per cent reduction was seen in Droop St. The biggest change was in Barkly St where there was an 88 per cent reduction, 809 down to 94 trucks... (Picture: No trucks … MTAG member Peter Knight on Footscray’s Barkly St. There has been a marked reduction in the number of heavy trucks using the road since a campaign helped reduce its use as a main truck route.)
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