Trucks will be permanently banned from the right-hand lane of the Monash Freeway

TRUCKS will be permanently banned from the right-hand lane of the Monash Freeway after a successful six-month trial in which crash numbers fell along the busy corridor.

TRUCKS will be permanently banned from the right-hand lane of the Monash Freeway after a successful six-month trial in which crash numbers fell along the busy corridor.

The Andrews Government will announce the rule change on Wednesday, bringing the area into line with similar guidelines on the Princes Highway and Eastern Freeway.

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Restrictions will apply in both directions between Huntingdale Rd, Mount Waverley and Jacksons Rd, Noble Park.

State Government figures show there were 18 crashes along the busy stretch of road between February 5 and July 26 last year.

But since the trial began, there were 11 crashes over the same period of 2018.

Trucks will be permanently banned from the right-hand lane on the Monash Freeway.

More than 98 per cent of drivers have obeyed the ban and authorities recorded a reduction in the number of vehicles changing lanes.

“These right lane truck bans are reducing crashes, improving traffic flow and helping the 200,000 drivers that rely on the Monash to get home safely,” Roads Minister Luke Donnellan said.

“The Monash Freeway has the highest concentration of heavy vehicles of any freeway or highway in Victoria — these bans are working so they’ll remain in place.

Trucks will be permanently banned from the right-hand lane on the Monash Freeway.

“With lane changes and side swipes the most common cause of crashes on the Monash, this is about making journeys as safe and reliable as possible.”

The trial was first introduced after repeated calls for a truck ban along right-hand lanes and is part of a road-safety package targeting the congested corridor.

More than 40,000 heavy vehicles use the Monash Freeway every day.