Black Spur closures
The Maroondah Highway between Healesville and Narbethong, through the Black Spur was closed following a truck driving over the edge of the road.
Healesville Police said the incident took place on the morning of Friday 25 October requiring the road to be closed for four hours while emergency services removed the truck and trailer from the side of the highway.
The incident took place about 10am just south of Dom Dom Saddle and the truck driver walked away with minor injuries.
A woman was treated by paramedics after another crash at Fernshaw on Sunday night.
Emergency services were called to Maroondah Highway just after 9.10pm on 27 October.
The woman aged in her 70s was treated for minor injuries. She was flown by air ambulance helicopter to Royal Melbourne Hospital in a stable condition.
The incident caused the Black Spur to close for several hours as paramedics reached the injured driver.
These incidents come just days after the Maroondah Highway was closed for emergency tree removal works.
The Department of Transport removed 12 trees in close proximity, forcing the Black Spur to close from 22-24 October.
The tree removal works will continue once again on 29 October as motorists are advised to detour along the Melba Highway through Yea and Alexandra.
Bundled Branches
Bundled Branches collections are coming up for households across the Yarra Ranges, giving residents a chance to clear their properties and dispose of excess vegetation.
Collections will be happening from 25 November to Friday 13 December. Residents can check Council’s website to see when their street’s collection date is.
Yarra Ranges Mayor, Tony Stevenson, encouraged residents to make the most of their collection to help clear their properties ahead of summer.
“The Bundled Branches collection gives all of our residents a chance to get rid of their branches and tree limbs easily, by putting them out on the kerb ahead of their collection week.
“Make sure to check your collection week and have your bundled branches out on the Sunday before so you don’t miss it.”
To ensure your bundled branches are collected, your material must be; no larger than three cubic metres and no more than 20 bundles of branches.Each individual bundle, tree limb or log must be no larger than 1.5m long and 200mm wide and Tree limbs must be between 75mm-200mm wide. Branches must also be tied with non-plastic string
Council will not collect items if they are timber, stumps or roots, soil or earth, untied branches, loose garden organic material in boxes, bags or other containers, branches containing wire or nails, bamboo, creepers, vines, palm trees, soft plants, rose bushes, thorny plants, weeds, grass clippings or leaves.
