Send Morphett & Currie under a raised square. One intersection there, instead of the three sets of lights that exist now.
Get rid of the roads on the east and west.
Open up Waymouth street to just east-west traffic flow.
On a larger, raised square, would be plenty of room for east-west and north-south shared paths for pedestrians and cyclists, a plaza area, other community amenities like public toilets, maybe a basketball half court, even a cafe.
Isn't going to be expensive? Of course, but that's the price that has to be paid with virtually every piece of infrastructure in this city because of decades of band aid and ill thought out solutions that just kick the can down the road.
Is Adelaide a major capital city, or is it a provincial town? If we're just going to be nothing more then a provincial town, then people better lower their expectations across the board, especially on economic and job opportunities and growth.
This is the sort of infrastructure developments that will transform the city and make it more livable more so then changes to the skyline with skyscrapers.
Traffic flow is improved, pedestrian & cycling safety is improved, open and usable public space is increased and improved.
An improved Light Square like that might actually encourage some better developments on it's periphery, perhaps the Tafe is moved out and in it's place residential towers go up with ground level cafes with outdoor dining in the square.
Sorry my image isn't as fancy as the councils overpaid promotions lol.
White bit is waymouth east-west only.
Green overlay is the whole square.
Black bits are Morphett & Currie below the square obviously.
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