A long track of mud left on a road by construction vehicles has led to a $5,769 fine from EPA Victoria.
Elite Group Vic Pty Ltd had been working on a site in Research Drive Croydon when EPA officers noticed a trail of mud leaving the site and extending around the corner to Dorset Road.
Trucks were leaving the site leaving thick tracks of sediment out on to the road because of poor onsite controls.
“Once it rains, that construction site sediment is going to wash into storm water drains down to the Bungalook Creek,” acting EPA north metropolitan regional manager Chloe Bernett said.
“The only thing we want going down our stormwater drains is rainwater. Everyone has a duty to protect the environment, so for not doing their job properly and containing the site sediment, Elite Group has earned themselves nearly $6,000 in fines.”
