Trucks will not be allowed to use Williamstown Road on nights and weekends once the West Gate Tunnel opens to traffic later this year.

Victoria’s freight minister used a brief, late night video on social media to deliver the news many inner-west residents had been waiting months to hear.

“It’s been a huge amount of work to get to the point where we can have truck bans on Williamstown road at nights and weekends,” Melissa Horne said.

“When the west gate tunnel opens, we are going to put curfews on Williamstown Road from 8pm to 6am, every single night, and from 8pm on Friday until 6am Monday,” she elaborated in the video.

Horne, the member for Williamstown, added: “Thank you Department of Transport team and Katie Hall MP for your work. This is a game changer for the inner west.”

“We wil

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