When the West Gate Tunnel opens, new camera technology will be used to enforce No-Truck Zones in Melbourne’s inner west.
These state-of-the-art cameras will be able to detect the type of truck in real time and instantly categorise them as either exempt or not exempt from regulations.
Software company Sensor Dynamics will supply and install the equipment used to monitor six local roads that will become No-Truck Zones:
Francis Street in Yarraville
Somerville Road in Yarraville
Buckley Street in Footscray
Moore Street in Footscray
Blackshows Road in Altona North
Hudson Road in Spotswood
These cameras will allow the NHVR to police and enforce No-Truck Zones.
Exemptions will apply for trucks starting or ending their journey within a No-Truck Zone for deliveries, construction or maintenance works, vehicle repair, or vehicle sales.
With 24/7 enforcement of the No-Truck Zones, the West Gate Tunnel is expected to take 9000 trucks off residential streets in the inner west.
Last year, the Victorian Government also finalised a 42-year lease with the Port of Melbourne for the former Melbourne Market site, a deal it says will take more trucks off local roads across the west.
Member for Footscray Katie Hall and Minister for Ports and Freight Melissa Horne. Image: Melissa Horne MPMinister for Ports and Freight Melissa Horne said, “When the tunnel opens, No-Truck Zones will take thousands of trucks off residential streets every day and provide industry with direct road links to the Port of Melbourne.’’
Member for Footscray Katie Hall added, “Through the West Gate Tunnel, our investment in truck ban enforcement technology and leasing the old Melbourne Market site to the Port of Melbourne, we’re getting trucks off local roads in Melbourne’s west and returning them to local people.”
In September 2022, a Heavy Vehicle Monitoring Camera Trial monitored truck curfews and restrictions for trucks moving through Melbourne’s inner west.
The outcomes are assisting in the roll-out of the technology in the No-Truck Zones.
The West Gate Tunnel is expected to be opened in late 2025. It will provide an alternative to the West Gate Bridge.
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