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$61.0 million over four years
?Construction is expected to commence before the end of the year.
rogue wrote:A tender has gone out for construction a new 2 lane bridge over the Torrens at Hackney Road.
The new bridge will be built to the west of the existing bridges. North bound traffic will travel via the new bridge once complete and south bound will travel via the current north bound bridge. O-bahn and other bus services will then have a dedicated corridor using the current south bound bridge.
I'm not sure if 2 new lanes will be built to the immediate west of the current alignment all the way to North Terrace.
The way I read that is that there will be a two-lane two-way bus only corridor along the eastern side of Hackney Rd. I'm sure the property owners along Hackney Rd would have something to say about that!rogue wrote:The new bridge will be built to the west of the existing bridges. North bound traffic will travel via the new bridge once complete and south bound will travel via the current north bound bridge. O-bahn and other bus services will then have a dedicated corridor using the current south bound bridge.
as opposed to the Park Tce subway over th O'Bahn route ...Westside wrote:the bridge under Park Tce
Nope. It's only wide enough for one bus width.Westside wrote:Would the bridge under Park Tce where North-bound buses enter the o-bahn be wide enough for both tracks?
Did you know that the French for 'bridge', 'pont', can also mean a connecting tunnel in a subway, when prefixed with the French for 'small', 'petite'.rhino wrote:as opposed to the Park Tce subway over th O'Bahn route ...
i believe "bridge" is masculine in french, so it's "petit pont" (drop the 'e'). Probably still applies even though we're talking about a tunnel. Oh, and french for O'bahn is O'bahn (but said with an outrageous accent)monotonehell wrote:Did you know that the French for 'bridge', 'pont', can also mean a connecting tunnel in a subway, when prefixed with the French for 'small', 'petite'. So now when you're in Paris struggling to work out how to connect from one line to another without incurring another fare, you'll know what 'petite pont' on the Metro map means.
No need to thank me...
I was suspecting the Govt has been quiet on this because removing lanes from Grenfell and Currie Streets would be an easy point of attack for the Libs. I hope I'm right and the above tipster is wrong.Tips and rumours
We haven't heard much about the much heralded extension of the Adelaide O-bahn, from its current entry north-east of the city all the way through the city to Light Square, since late 2009. Surprising really, since the extension would greatly speed up the trip from the termination point to the U1 stop on Grenfell Street, which can double the current time taken for the trip from Golden Grove. Be a bit of a vote winner you would think.
Alas, no, because it has already been dumped by the state government, but as there are some very marginal seats north-east of Adelaide no one is admitting it. Turns out the Adelaide City Council weren't too hot on it, so they built pedestrian safety traffic islands up Grenfell Street on the intended route (part of their ongoing development feud with SA government?).
Neither where the influential "save the parklands" groups who were plenty unhappy that the route was going to cut through green areas of the eastern parklands.
The word is that the STP groups have already been told that the state government have dropped the idea.