Police say Victorians are worried about the risks posed by e-scooters,particularly in Melbourne’s CBD,and enforcement of the rules will be a priority.
Premier Jacinta Allan once said the Western Intermodal Freight Terminal should be the ‘first cab off the rank’ to be built. Her government has deferred it indefinitely.
The West Gate Tunnel Project’s builders have blamed the project’s engineers for design errors that led to cost blowouts and a three-year delay.
The increase in food delivery services means more bicycle and scooter riders are getting lost on some of Melbourne’s busiest freeways and tollway tunnels.
Motorists are travelling through the Burnley Tunnel a minute quicker since the installation of moving green “pacemakers” lights that tap into your instinct to flee.
Motorists are increasingly clogging up residential streets,directed by GPS apps such as Google Maps – all to save a few minutes.
The City of Yarra is also campaigning for limits on exempt roads in Fitzroy and Collingwood – including Hoddle and Nicholson streets – to be reduced to either 40km/h or 60km/h.
Next week’s federal budget will feature extra money for the blown-out road project,bringing the Commonwealth’s contribution to $5 billion.
But the company’s study has been met with scepticism from critics,who say far too many riders are still putting themselves and pedestrians at risk.
Police said 32 people had to be removed from the intersection outside Flinders Street Station after an Extinction Rebellion protest weaved its way through city streets.
Fraudsters are employing sophisticated new methods,which allowed them to purchase a luxury vehicle worth more than $110,000 in a Victorian man’s name undetected.