AN $11 million funding boost will kick start the Victorian Government’s Truck Action Plan to remove trucks from local roads in the western suburbs as part of the $38 billion Victorian Transport Plan.
Roads and Ports Minister Tim Pallas announced says the funds will go towards preconstruction planning and early works on Shepherd Bridge in Yarraville.
"The Truck Action Plan is a vital project that will create an alternative route for freight to access the Port of Melbourne, away from residential areas,” Pallas says.
According to the state government, VicRoads has begun plans for the first stage which will create a freight corridor from the West Gate Freeway along Hyde and Whitehall Streets and across Shepherd Bridge to the port precinct.
"Implementation of the Truck Action Plan will remove thousands of trucks from inner west suburban streets."
Pallas claims VicRoads is currently looking into looking into route options, concept designs, technical studies and associated analysis.
"With completion of the planning investigation, work will start on detailed design, preconstruction investigations and early construction work on Shepherd Bridge. The bridge strengthening will increase its capacity to carry heavy loads of up to 110 tonne well into the future," he says.
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