Government confirms truck curfew when West Gate Tunnel opens

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Advocacy body the Maribyrnong Truck Action Group also took to social media to celebrate, with the unnamed author pleased that the curfew would be enforced by cameras: “This has taken a huge community campaign for almost a decade, since the West Gate Tunnel was first announced,” the wrote.

When the West Gate Tunnel opens – an exact date is yet to be specified – tolls of up to $178 will apply to heavy vehicles each day after an initial free-toll period in January.

Prior to Saturday’s curfew announcement, modelling produced by the West Gate Tunnel Project in 2017 predicted that truck traffic would roughly double to 4700 heavy vehicles a day on Williamstown Road by 2031.

As recently as March 2025, Horne had written in letters seen by The Age that there were no plans to implement a night curfew, as this would cause freight efficiency issues.