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By Helen Tatchell<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t have to be a Rhodes scholar to know there is an enormous amount of money needed to fix local roads.<\/p>\n

Millbrook in the shire\u2019s west is just one area that has seen an influx of heavy road traffic usage, including an increase of truck movements.<\/p>\n

Residents are angry, annoyed and fed up.<\/p>\n

To read the full version of this story, view below:<\/p>\n

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By Helen Tatchell You don\u2019t have to be a Rhodes scholar to know there is an enormous amount of money needed to fix local roads. Millbrook in the shire\u2019s west is just one area that has seen an influx of heavy road traffic usage, including an increase of truck movements. Residents are angry, annoyed and […]<\/p>\n

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