News & Discussion: Other Metropolitan Developments

[gnrc_louis]

Update of (apartment ?) building on corner of James Conlon Dr and Hughes St Mile End (See post from Prodical above). Now working on level 4 pictures 28/10/2024.

These apartments: https://treno.net.au/

[rev]

Infrastructure Clare Burnett
Wed 02 Oct 24
SA Pipeline Work Paves Way for 40,000 Lots



South Australia is delivering the first water pipelines to Adelaide’s north under a $1.5-billion investment in housing infrastructure.

The Government wants to unlock up to 40,000 allotments across the state, and water and sewer infrastructure is a key part of its Housing Roadmap to achieve that.

As part of the $419-million first tranche of funding, more than 3000m of new trunk water main will be laid underneath Angle Vale Road and Supple Road at Virginia, clearing the way for development of Adelaide’s northern growth sector.

South Australia will receive $67.4 million from the Federal Government’s Housing Support Program to fund the infrastructure and to allow water and sewer upgrades.

The SA Government is bringing in construction partners McConnell Dowell and Diona, who entered a joint venture to secure SA Water capital works projects in 2020.

The partners will install 750mm-diameter trunk water mains, weighing three tonnes apiece These rubber-coated steel pipes will connect to SA Water’s existing network.

Crews have begun laying the pipes from the southern end of Supple Road towards Angle Vale Road, with a further 2600m of trunk water main earmarked for installation beneath Midway Road.

This first stage of enabling work is expected to be completed in early 2026.

SA’s Housing Roadmap introduced in June this year outlines a series of measures to speed up housing development in the state, aiming to streamline the code amendment process and resulting land division.

The Government is pushing to lower the timeframe for turning an empty block of land into a housing development to 36 to 63 months, compared with 54 to 75 months under the current system.

It has also undertaken what it said was the largest land release in the state, and plans to abolish stamp duty on new homes.

https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/artic ... astructure

[Patrick_27]

The state government has announced the former Mobil refinery at Port Stanvac will be remediated for 3,600 homes adjacent to the Lonsdale Railway Station with new residents moving in from 2028. A welcomed announcement, to think it's easily a few suburbs worth of land that has remained untouched by urban sprawl which has gone entirely around it, this despite the refinery having closed some 20 years ago.

I was only reading about the Seaford Line the other day and thinking to myself: "I wonder why they haven't closed the Lonsdale Station yet" the first and only time I've departed at that stop was about ten years ago and it was in an appalling state of disarray even then. So hopefully an extensive upgrade will come with this development.

[Patrick_27]

Peregrine/Viva Energy have started rebranding OTR service stations from BP to Shell around metro Adelaide, meanwhile X Convenience have started rebadging Mobil their Mobil service stations as BP. And so once again Mobil is on their way out in Adelaide.

[EBG]

Update of apartment building on corner of James Conlon Dr and Hughes St Mile End. now ready to start work on level 5 picture 23/11/2024.

[ChillyPhilly]

Development of the Dry Creek salt pans is officially a step closer.

Dry Creek Code Amendment to come. When it does, it will be important to provide input that a rail spur line is required.

https://plan.sa.gov.au/news/article/202 ... re-housing

https://www.weare.sa.gov.au/news/thousa ... -dry-creek

https://glamadelaide.com.au/dry-creek-s ... ng-crisis/

[Patrick_27]

Development of the Dry Creek salt pans is officially a step closer.

Dry Creek Code Amendment to come. When it does, it will be important to provide input that a rail spur line is required.

https://plan.sa.gov.au/news/article/202 ... re-housing

https://www.weare.sa.gov.au/news/thousa ... -dry-creek

https://glamadelaide.com.au/dry-creek-s ... ng-crisis/

The rail spur line could have come from Port Dock, had they planned that better.

[ChillyPhilly]

Development of the Dry Creek salt pans is officially a step closer.

Dry Creek Code Amendment to come. When it does, it will be important to provide input that a rail spur line is required.

https://plan.sa.gov.au/news/article/202 ... re-housing

https://www.weare.sa.gov.au/news/thousa ... -dry-creek

https://glamadelaide.com.au/dry-creek-s ... ng-crisis/

The rail spur line could have come from Port Dock, had they planned that better.

Revive passenger rail between the Port and Dry Creek.

[rev]

They honestly need to move the wingfield tip and recycling/resource recovery centres.
What a view that will be if they don't.
On top of that, how many times have those facilities caught fire and residents in the north west been told to stay indoors and close their windows/doors because of the toxic smoke? and they're about 1-2kms away.. Too many, and they want to build 15,000+ homes right next door on the other side of a motorway to all of that? Insanity.

Should move the dumps out north. I think there's a facility about 15km north of Two Wells.

[Patrick_27]

They honestly need to move the wingfield tip and recycling/resource recovery centres.
What a view that will be if they don't.
On top of that, how many times have those facilities caught fire and residents in the north west been told to stay indoors and close their windows/doors because of the toxic smoke? and they're about 1-2kms away.. Too many, and they want to build 15,000+ homes right next door on the other side of a motorway to all of that? Insanity.

Should move the dumps out north. I think there's a facility about 15km north of Two Wells.

This. They also need to tidy up the Port River Expressway, went for a drive along there a couple of weeks ago and it's almost as if the relevant government departments have simply left the road to perish. If this development goes ahead, Port Adelaide centre, and the planned homemaker centre next to the P/R Expressway will likely be the primary shopping destinations for residents in these areas. The alternative is we build these suburbs to become slums.

[EBG]

Earth works/ preliminary site works have commenced for 108 Unley Rd Unley (?)

[Will]

For those of us wondering what the crane at the Bolivar Wastewater Plant was doing....


From Glam Adelaide:

Major upgrade to Bolivar Wastewater Treatment Plant prepares for population growth

ByGlam AdelaidePosted on December 29, 2024



South Australia’s largest wastewater treatment plant is undergoing a series of major upgrades.


The Bolivar Wastewater Treatment Plant, South Australia’s largest, is undergoing significant upgrades to meet Adelaide’s population growth in the northern suburbs. The $121 million investment aims to double the plant’s capacity, ensuring it can handle the region’s increasing demands.

The upgrades, announced as part of the SA Government’s Housing Roadmap, will allow the facility to process up to 630 million litres of sewage per day. This equates to 252 Olympic-sized swimming pools daily. Currently, the plant processes an average of 300 million litres per day, but future flows are projected to reach 550 million litres as new housing developments connect to the sewer network.



A key milestone has been reached with the installation of eight new inlet screens. These six-metre-high structures form the first stage of sewage treatment, filtering out solid materials such as wet wipes, paper, and plastic. The narrow bars, spaced just six millimetres apart, prevent blockages and damage to pipes and pumps downstream. Alongside the screens, two new pump stations have been installed to improve efficiency and reduce manual cleaning requirements.

Additional upgrades include replacing the plant’s 10 inlet pipes to accommodate future increased flows. Over the coming months, SA Water will test the inlet’s automated processes and electrical systems using clean water. This step is part of connecting the new structure to the existing plant and pump stations.

The project also involves optimising the plant’s activated sludge reactor process and upgrading its sludge management facilities. These enhancements aim to support the facility’s capacity for Adelaide’s long-term growth.


The $121 million investment includes $64 million from SA Water’s 2020-24 capital program and $57 million from the 2024-28 program. It is part of SA Water’s record $3.3 billion capital works program, which includes $1.5 billion allocated to expand water and sewer networks and treatment facilities. This initiative is expected to unlock 40,000 new allotments across the state within the next four years.

Nick Champion MP, Minister for Housing and Urban Development, said “Water and wastewater infrastructure is one of the fundamental building blocks needed to support our growing population.”

“The Bolivar treatment plant processes around 70 per cent of Adelaide’s sewage, and with the predicted population growth across the northern suburbs, this facility will become even more important into the future. It is critical we ensure the capacity of this facility and wastewater network remains in step with increasing demand as our city grows.”