Trucks banned on key bayside road from February 25

Trucks will be banned on a section of a busy southeast arterial road after years of lobbying from residents and councils. This is when the ban will begin.

Trucks have been banned from Beach Rd after a series of trial curfews. Picture: Jason Sammon

Trucks will be banned on a section of a busy southeast arterial road, the state government has announced.

Beach Rd, between Port Melbourne and Mordialloc, will be truck-free from February 25.

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Trucks making local deliveries, loading or unloading goods, or with no other route will be exempt from the ban.

The restrictions do not include other vehicles such as buses, caravans, cranes or concrete pumps.

Roads minister Jaala Pulford said the ban will improve traffic flow and reduce congestion on the key route.

“We’re leaving local roads for cars and moving freight onto freight routes, which will improve traffic flow and increase safety for the hundreds of visitors to the area as well as the local community,” she said.

Since 2017, there has been a range of truck curfew times trialled along Beach Rd between Bay St in Port Melbourne and Nepean Highway in Mordialloc.

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The government said the bans have been introduced following strong community support for the curfews and will come into effect.

Following the ban, VicRoads will monitor truck movements on the nearby Nepean Highway to understand how Melbourne’s freight network is impacted.

The data will be used to plan for future changes to the road infrastructure and traffic signals to improve movement around the Victorian freight network.