‘Whacky idea from green central’: Speed limit slashed in two Victorian suburbs

Two inner-city Melbourne suburbs will reduce their speed limits to 30km/h after the Victorian government approved a two-year council trial to improve road safety.  Every street in Collingwood and Fitzroy, except for major thoroughfare roads, will have a speed limit of 30km/h under Yarra City Council’s plan.   Former Victorian Liberal Party president Michael Kroger slammed this as “just another whacky idea from green central” in Victoria.  “This is green central – so, eventually, what they’d like to do is to get cars off the roads altogether,” Mr Kroger told Sky News host Paul Murray.  “That’s basically their objective.”