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  • Respect our cyclists: road aggro alarm

    Respect our cyclists: road aggro alarm

    Eve Lamb

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    Castlemaine health professionals, parents and cyclists are calling for more care and respect on our roads following recent incidents of motorist aggression towards local cyclists. Castlemaine chiropractor Dr Marg Peck and psychologist Susie Burke both have cycling sons who regularly train on the roads, and they contacted the Midland Express to raise concerns about incidents…

  • Barrier location under review

    Angela Crawford

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    VicRoads is reviewing the location of wire rope safety barriers along the Calder Freeway, including offset distances and the frequency of access breaks. VicRoads’ director of safe system road infrastructure program, Bryan Sherritt, confirmed to the Midland Express that the review was being undertaken at the request of the Roads Minister. Elphinstone Fire Brigade captain…

  • Barrier placement questioned

    Barrier placement questioned

    Angela Crawford

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    The placement of wire rope safety barriers along the Calder Freeway has once again been questioned following a spectacular crash at Taradale on Saturday afternoon. A driver and passenger – two men from Bendigo – miraculously escaped injury when their twin-cab ute and trailer glanced the centre wire rope barriers before bouncing sideways across the…