[COM] Southern Expressway Duplication | $445m | 22km

[Archer]

A rumor delayed start on constuction till end of next year

The Supplement to the Project Impact Report is due in October with a final design expected early in 2012. Construction is expected to be complete by mid 2014.

I would expect that to keep that time table, construction would have to start fairly quickly after the release of the final design, not later than Mid 2012 at the latest?

[ml69]

I know nothing about freeway construction, but a 2 and a bit year construction timeframe for a 22km freeway sounds pretty ambitious (on the face of it)? How long did the Northern expressway take?/

[metro]

I know nothing about freeway construction, but a 2 and a bit year construction timeframe for a 22km freeway sounds pretty ambitious (on the face of it)? How long did the Northern expressway take?/

about 2 years, started construction in 2008 and was completed in 2010.

[[Shuz]]

I know nothing about freeway construction, but a 2 and a bit year construction timeframe for a 22km freeway sounds pretty ambitious (on the face of it)? How long did the Northern expressway take?/

This is a lot different to the Northern Expressway, as for that project, they were able to complete it quickly as it was done from scratch.

In the case of the Southern Expressway, it will be a little bit more complex; as they will have to negotiate traffic diversions from construction works, especially around the interchanges and bridges. This will have some impact on cosntruction time, and I'd probably venture to guess that it'll run over-schedule.

[jase111]

Has the darlington study finished and a final report done . I think it was due early this year but havent seen anything yet

[crawf]

Has the darlington study finished and a final report done . I think it was due early this year but havent seen anything yet

http://www.infrastructure.sa.gov.au/darlington

[jase111]

Thanks but is this not a draft report not final report.shouldn't the final report have coatings and timelines ?

[adam73837]

Any news on this?
I quite liked the DTS Proposal.
Also, how's the duplication going?

[Norman]

Won't start till later this year/early next year.

[Ben]

We can't ever seem to just get on with things and do them can we. Darlington interchanged scrapped. For me personally this was the most crucial part.

Exp'way duplication to start before Christmas

9 Nov 11 @ 01:26pm by Kane McKay

WORK will begin before Christmas on the duplication of the Southern Expressway, after the State Government today announced final approval for the $407 million project.

An extra $37 million has been added to the original $370 million cost of the project, which is expected to be complete by mid-2014.

Changes include the adding of a fourth city-bound lane between Reynella and Bedford Park, and road widening at Beach Rd.

The Baulderstone-Abigroup has been chosen as the project’s contractor.

Transport Minister Pat Conlon said the extra funding allocated for the project would come from the $75 million earmarked for the now-scrapped Darlington Interchange project.
For the full story, pick up next week’s edition of the Guardian or Southern Times Messenger.

[crawf]

The main reason for the Southern Expressway Duplication was because of the Darlington Interchange Project, but that's been shelved

Don't understand the need for a forth city-bound lane either, Darlington is far more important.

[[Shuz]]

Oooh. 7 lanes.

#excited.

[Westside]

The now-scrapped Darlington Interchange project.

Was this ever an actual project, or just someone in the Government playing around with pretty pictures and graphics software?

[[Shuz]]

They talked about it a lot and released a lot of conceptual images, but no 'firm' details were ever actually provided.

[rhino]

From what I can find, it seems it was always the "Darlington Transport Study" until a couple of weeks ago when it was decided that funds would go towards the Southern Expressway, and the Murdoch Press decided to call it "the scrapped Darlington Interchange Project".