Roads
Super-sized trucks could use upgraded Colac bridges
PREPARATIONS to bring supersized trucks into Colac highlight the need to investigate a heavy-vehicle bypass, community leaders say.
Truck full of cattle rolls on highway
A TRUCK driver had a lucky escape after his B-double truck rolled west of Colac on the Princes Highway yesterday.
MP renews bypass calls
WESTERN Victoria MP Simon Ramsay has repeated calls for a heavy vehicle bypass for Colac, after recording more than 300 trucks travelling through the city in eight hours.
Tour company wants road fix
A TOURIST bus manager has joined the list of people calling on the State Government to improve the quality of the Timboon-Colac Road.
Minister dodges pothole questions
THE STATE GOVERNMENT says a decreased speed limit along the Timboon-Colac Road is enough to ensure motorists’ safety.
Driver doubly lucky to survive highway crash
A COLAC man was “lucky two times round” after his car rolled and hit a truck on the Princes Highway yesterday.
Car submerged in creek after Apollo Bay crash
POLICE are calling for information after a car left the road at Apollo Bay and landed upside down in a creek.
Car smashes off highway
A woman escaped serious injury when her car smashed into a concrete drain and rolled on the Princes Highway this week.