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GO DUSTY: Castlemaine
cheered on its former
player Dustin Martin at
Camp Reserve on Monday
night. LEFT: Martin after
winning the Brownlow last
night. Pictures: GLENN
DANIELS, PAUL JEFFERS

DUSTYS
Dustin Martin has won the AFL Brownlow
Medal. The 26-year-old, who first played with
Campbells Creek, then Castlemaine and was

BROWNLOW later drafted from the Bendigo Pioneers to

Richmond in 2009, had gone into Monday
nights count the red-hot favourite and won

TRIUMPH with 36 votes to kickstart a big grand final

week for the Tigers. More coverage - P24, 21

NEW LIMIT
Bendigo council plans to reduce speed limit in CBD to 40km/h
BY WILLIAM VALLELY
BENDIGO council has ap-
plied for $1 million in state
funding to create a 40km/h
zone in the central business
district.
One death involving a pe-
destrian, four bicycle and 26
vehicle crashes in four years
on non-arterial city roads
was behind the councils de-
cision to improve safety, City
of Greater Bendigo engineer-
ing manager Brett Martini
said.
A pedestrian hit at 50km/
h is two to three times likely
to be killed than if the car
was travelling at 40km/h,
he said.
Eleven other pedestrians
were involved in crashes
from 2011-2015, Mr Marti-
ni said.
Changes would include
a zebra crossing adjacent
to the Bendigo art gallery in
View Street, roundabouts
located at Edward/Queen
Streets, Hargreaves/Mundy
Streets, Hargreaves/Ed-
ward Streets and Mundy/
Hopetoun/Lyttleton Terrace
will receive treatments to
make them more pedestri-
an friendly.
If successful, the funding,
which will come from the
Transport Accident Com-
missions Safe System Road
Infrastructure Program, will
bring Bendigos CBD traffic
management inline with
Melbourne CBD, Geelong
and Ballarat.
The project would see
speed limits in the CBD will
lowered from 50km/h to 40
km/h within the area bor-
dered by the Bendigo Rail-
way Line, Myrtle Street, High
Street, View Street, Chapel
Street and around Gaol Road
and Park Road, Mr Martini
said.
It is unclear when works
will commence if the appli-
cation is successful.
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