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by SBD
Fri Jun 06, 2025 9:38 pm
Forum: The Pub
Topic: The Housing Crisis
Replies: 289
Views: 106907

Re: The Housing Crisis

We appear to currently have a preference to solve the Housing Crisis by attempting to assist young people to extend urban sprawl by offering incentives for new-build houses, with the ambition that the "crisis" will be solved by increasing the supply of houses . The government collects massive ...
by SBD
Fri Jun 06, 2025 9:07 pm
Forum: The Pub
Topic: The SA Politics Thread
Replies: 1428
Views: 480631

Re: The SA Politics Thread

This week, we had a state budget that paid lip service to drip feeding some money towards a Greater Adelaide Bypass some time n the future.

We also had the announcement that JBS will be mothballing its Seven Point Pork abattoir near Port Wakefield at the end of the year. The root cause eventually ...
by SBD
Fri Jun 06, 2025 11:07 am
Forum: Metropolitan Development
Topic: Riverlea (Buckland Park) | 12,000 dwellings | $3b
Replies: 476
Views: 131509

Re: Riverlea (Buckland Park) | 12,000 dwellings | $3b




In today's tizer - note of a new $60 million private school for Riverlea.

Geez i know that Riverlea is being done by Lang Walker - is this supposed to be a suburb for Millionaires out in the middle of nowhere.

Whilst i do understand the need for more housing and the expansion of Adelaide ...
by SBD
Fri May 30, 2025 12:52 am
Forum: Metropolitan Development
Topic: Riverlea (Buckland Park) | 12,000 dwellings | $3b
Replies: 476
Views: 131509

Re: Riverlea (Buckland Park) | 12,000 dwellings | $3b


In today's tizer - note of a new $60 million private school for Riverlea.

Geez i know that Riverlea is being done by Lang Walker - is this supposed to be a suburb for Millionaires out in the middle of nowhere.

Whilst i do understand the need for more housing and the expansion of Adelaide to ...
by SBD
Thu May 29, 2025 9:15 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [U/C] M2 North-South Motorway
Replies: 6443
Views: 2128332

[U/C] Re: M2 North-South Motorway


It seems to be a similar concept to what they've done at Port Rd. Turn left to Turn right.

This is a much more compact application of it though. I can see the tight nature of it causing issues.


The pedestrian crossings appear to be set back from the line of the noise walls. A car/truck ...
by SBD
Sun May 25, 2025 8:13 pm
Forum: Metropolitan Development
Topic: [PRO] Roseworthy Satellite City 43,300 homes
Replies: 15
Views: 1975

[PRO] Re: Roseworthy Satellite City 43,300 homes

I drove up the Horrocks Highway today past the four new housing estates. The map above only shows three, as the Villawood one at the southern end is in Gawler Belt not Roseworthy, but is directly across Kangaroo Flat Road from the Southern precinct of Roseworthy Gardens. St Yves is next, with a ...
by SBD
Tue Apr 22, 2025 10:54 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Adelaide Airport & Airlines
Replies: 3477
Views: 1389069

Re: News & Discussion: Adelaide Airport & Airlines


Unfortunately, the luxury of having a 24/7 airport does not outweigh the massive cost and upheaval of moving the airport to the north of the city


Parafield also has a curfew. Edinburgh does not, but maybe because of much lower traffic, as people still complain.

GlobeLink proposed either ...
by SBD
Tue Apr 22, 2025 4:17 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Adelaide Airport & Airlines
Replies: 3477
Views: 1389069

Re: News & Discussion: Adelaide Airport & Airlines


Rough stats... if we ever consider moving Adelaide Airport to Dry Creek salt pans.

ADELAIDE AIRPORT West Beach
Total area: 6.38 km²
Total perimeter: 11.04 km
Runway distance to CBD: 4.44 km (from the north east end of runway to West Terrace / North Terrace)
Travel time to CBD: 10 mins (from ...
by SBD
Sun Apr 13, 2025 8:42 am
Forum: The Pub
Topic: The Housing Crisis
Replies: 289
Views: 106907

Re: The Housing Crisis


Labor proposes to let all first home buyers purchase with 5 per cent deposit

Olivia Caisley

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to unveil a plan to allow all Australians looking to climb onto the property ladder to buy their their first home with a 5 per cent deposit, avoiding lenders ...
by SBD
Sun Apr 13, 2025 7:53 am
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Regional Transport
Replies: 738
Views: 329808

Re: News & Discussion: Regional Transport


It's barely regional, but lots of chatter today with people questioning the rail strategy of the government.

Mali has been telling people to leave early for the Lyndoch game since there's only one main road there, meanwhile the train line runs right next to the oval. With a relatively modest ...
by SBD
Fri Apr 11, 2025 12:07 am
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: M1 South-Eastern Freeway
Replies: 64
Views: 38141

Re: M1 South-Eastern Freeway


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Truro to Nantawarra could be another big project of similar scale or the state could pick out smaller projects to ease the biggest itch of the day. There will still need to be more work on urban connection between the SEF and NSM. There will need to be more work between Truro and Nantawarra ...
by SBD
Thu Apr 10, 2025 12:45 am
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: M1 South-Eastern Freeway
Replies: 64
Views: 38141

Re: M1 South-Eastern Freeway


The freight route could work for freight bypassing Adelaide, but not if it ends at Truro and forces Port Augusta/Alice/Perth bound traffic to detour back down into the metro area along the Sturt Highway.

In order for this project to be effective it needs to extend to a northern bypass of the ...
by SBD
Wed Apr 09, 2025 2:52 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 2262
Views: 672343

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure


South Australia pays for its section of the build.....if the SA section cost 80 million more to build then South Australia pays for it.

If the New South Wales section went 200 million over budget then NSW pays for it.


So SA section was completed in December 2023 by Electranet, within the ...
by SBD
Wed Apr 09, 2025 11:05 am
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure
Replies: 2262
Views: 672343

Re: News & Discussion: Electricity Infrastructure

Koutsantonis was on the radio this morning heavily critical of the Marshall government and Vincent Tarzia over the cost and time blowouts for the project. Electranet completed the SA section 15 months ago on time and in budget. Is SA on the hook for paying anything towards the Transgrid errors and ...
by SBD
Tue Apr 08, 2025 1:22 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: M1 South-Eastern Freeway
Replies: 64
Views: 38141

Re: M1 South-Eastern Freeway


But how many do?

50 minutes of extra travel time is a fair bit extra. Optimistically, let's say the upgrades cut 10 minutes off the trip, that's still a significant time loss for what gain?

Fast forward 10 years to when the tunnels are finished, and there are only 10 signalised intersections ...