About 70 tip trucks bound for Parliament occupied four city-bound lanes on the West Gate about 8.30am, leaving just a single lane for motorists to pass the slow-moving convoy. They then entered the city centre MartaPascual3
Melbourne-bound commuters were caught in a peak-hour traffic crawl on Wednesday after dozens of tip-truck drivers blocked lanes on the West Gate Bridge to protest the state government’s inaction on crippling diesel fuel prices.
Department spokesman Chris Miller urged drivers to avoid the West Gate Bridge before 11am and use Geelong Road and Footscray Road to get into the city. Victorian Tippers United treasurer Ricky Woolcock said the drivers were on their way to parliament to call for financial relief from rising operating costs.
“We want everybody to be making a profit and having safe trucks being safe. We don’t need the extra stress,” he told 3AW.
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