Melbourne’s “Ring of Steel” Causing Road Snarls

Police check permits and ID of drivers at a checkpoint in Little River for traffic coming from Melbourne into Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula in Geelong, Australiaon Aug. 14, 2020. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images

Melbourne’s “ring of steel” is ramping up traffic delays, with a long line of vehicles on the road to Geelong.

Friday is the second day of Victoria Police and ADF personnel enforcing increased traffic restrictions to ensure Melburnians do not try to exploit regional Victoria’s eased coronavirus restrictions.