Traffic
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‘Human error’: Transport department apologises for road works that triggered freeway crashes, delays
A Department of Transport spokesman has apologised and blamed “human error” on a road works incident that caused collisions between four cars and a truck and hours-long delays to drivers.
- Patrick Hatch, Debbie Cuthbertson, Alexander Darling and Cassandra Morgan
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Motorists face hours-long delays on the Princes Freeway
Motorists face hours-long delays on the Princes Freeway after multiple crashes involving a truck and at least 10 cars
Locals divided over plan to close North Melbourne street and turn it into a park
Some back the move to bring more green space to the area while others have raised concerns about the impact on businesses, traffic and parking.
- Cara Waters
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- City life
Melbourne roads to cop tripling of trucks as rail freight plans flounder
Australia’s busiest container port is pumping shipping containers onto Melbourne’s roads. And it’s about to get worse.
- Adam Carey and Sophie Aubrey
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- Roads
Think you know how to do a hook turn? Trust me, you’re doing it wrong
From South Melbourne to Carlton, new hook turns are appearing – often with no tram tracks in sight. Shame I’m the last person in Melbourne who knows how to do one.
- James Panichi
West Gate Freeway reopens following crash investigation as commuter chaos continues
The city’s traffic network is still feeling the effects of a crash involving a car and two motorbikes just after midday.
- Alexander Darling
‘A kick in the pants’: Voters in fed-up Werribee send a message
Crime and roads, roads and crime. These are the issues Werribee voters say matter, and they say no one has done anything about either of them.
- Liam Mannix
Drivers warned to get ready for lengthy West Gate disruption
Motorists are being urged to plan ahead as lanes and ramps close to allow roadworks during summer.
- Brittany Busch
Parking to get more expensive as congestion levy rises 79 per cent
A hike in the levy to deter motorists from Melbourne’s CBD and inner suburbs has been lashed by a peak lobby group as ineffective.
- Carla Jaeger and Kieran Rooney
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- Roads
Tunnel traffic on a collision course with Spencer Street reinvention
Plans to turn Spencer Street into a pedestrian-friendly precinct are feared to be at risk from a West Gate Tunnel project off-ramp.
- Patrick Hatch
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