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Freight scheme delivered further funding

The Victorian Government is getting more freight onto rail and more trucks off local roads, with an extension of the Mode Shift Incentive Scheme.Freight Minister Melissa Horne announced a further $4 million boost to the scheme, which will extend it until June 30, 2021.More than $20 million has been invested in the scheme over the past five years, which has removed the equivalent of 28 000 truck trips off Victorian roads annually.The scheme provides support to rail freight companies to make rail transport costs competitive with road freight, and allows exporters to get their goods to port sooner.

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