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thority for Brooke Street Inglewood is the Department of Transport. Council has engaged with Department of Transport over traffic in Brooke Street on numerous occasions over the years. Brooke Street is the Calder Highway and has significant traffic including trucks.

“The speed limit and related signage is regulated by Department of Transport, Council has not received a formal proposal for its consideration,” he said.

How department assesses change

WHEN concern is raised about a speed limit, or requests made to review of a speed limit, traffic and road safety engineers at the Department of Transport regional office will consider a request.

According to the department, suggestions or comments regarding speed limits can be made by contacting the regional office in Bendigo.

It says changes to speed limits are considered on a case by case basis, with detailed guidance on the appropriate speed limits for different road environments provided by the Traffic Engineering Manual Volume 3: Part 2.11 Speed Zoning Technical Guidelines.

The assessment includes a site-specific investigation, which has a review of road crash history, the number and types of vehicles using the road, the level of pedestrian activity and the primary function of the road.

Community engagement is also conducted to understand the community’s views and explain the reasoning behind speed limit change decisions, the department says.

Make your phone calls at another time, please

INGLEWOOD businessman Steve Weavell at the weekend said he continued to be flabbergasted with the etiquette of truck drivers as they travelled Brooke Street.

Mr Weavell, publican of the Empire State Hotel, said: “Only this week there was a BDouble coming around the bend at speed with a mobile phone in his hand.”

“We all respect our main street but some truck drivers clearly do not,” he said.

Meanwhile, safety signs wiped out in the New Year’s Eve rollover in Brooke Street are still to be replaced despite the department saying it would happen a fortnight ago.

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