Mulder presents cautious defence of truck trial

The Victorian Government has played a very straight bat to this week’s broadside from former roads minister Tim Pallas over Higher Productivity Freight Vehicles (HPFVs).

Public Transport and Roads Minister Terry Mulder has sought deflect the attack on the proposal being developed by VicRaods to extend the trial into metropolitan freeway peak-hour traffic. Pallas has cast the idea as a “secret Baillieu Government plan to roll out ‘monster trucks’ throughout Melbourne suburbs”.
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VTA slams Pallas over ‘monster trucks’ attack

The Victorian Transport Association (VTA) has reacted with scorn to former Victorian roads minister Tim Pallas’s opportunistic attack on the state government over high productivity freight vehicles (HPFVs).

In a statement aimed squarely at gaining media attention but which is regarded in industry circles as a betrayal, Pallas accused the state government of a “secret plan” to allow “monster trucks” to gain access to Victorian roads that “could devastate the quality of life of many local communities”. This is the second time in tree years that an opposition spokesman has accused the sitting government of having a “secret plan” with regards to the more efficient combination.
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