* Queensland - Heavy vehicle curfews a drag on our economy
-- Opinion by Peter Anderson Victoria Truking Assoiation, CEO: In Victoria, the issue has re-surfaced in the form of a year-long trial of night curfews for trucks on nine arterial roads north east of Melbourne. Most concerning is that these roads are the main north-south link for heavy vehicles between the Eastern Freeway and the Metropolitan Ring Road... Meanwhile, three bayside Melbourne councils are considering extending weekend bans on trucks using Beach Road, a major thoroughfare linking the Port Phillip, Bayside and Kingston municipalities... The VTA is concerned at rapidly escalating calls from political and community leaders that have led to these and other curfews on key roads. The bans will inevitably hit retail, wholesale, construction and other industries that rely on trucks for the timely delivery of goods... As a representative group we continue to lobby for the major roads we need to fully connect our disjointed road network, including the Northern Link connecting the Eastern Freeway and the Metropolitan Ring Road...
(Photo: The proposed East West Link is an 18km long freeway standard road connection between the Eastern Freeway at Hoddle Street and the Western Ring Road) -- Victoria, QLND, Australia - Prime Mover by PETER ANDERSON - 5 October 2015Labels: infrastructures, trucking industry news Australia
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