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GoodSmackUp wrote:

rogue wrote:

fifty wrote:Had a closer look now. Hard to fault this. I see carnage at the approx. 100m merge zone where north bound Motorway vehicles exit to take Ayliffes Rd and surface South Rd drop to get on to the Motorway, but there seems plenty of space south of this zone they can extend to simplify the merging.

I thought the same, but this will give a bit more details: http://www.infrastructure.sa.gov.au/__d ... esign2.pdf

Oh wow, nevermind. The fly through shows something completely different to that

rev wrote:

AG wrote:Those interchanges mean that Adelaide drivers will have to get used to merging and picking the correct lane or end up going down the wrong route - left lane to South Road, right lane to Ayliffes Road. Welcome to what most other major Australian cities have become accustomed to.

The fifth lane on the far left citybound looks a bit useless - I think four lanes will suffice.

Adelaide drivers will take years to figure it out. I think in the mean time I'm going to invest in a new tow truck shop in the area, it'll be sure to make a small fortune in the years following this interchanges completion.

Patrick_27 wrote:I must say (in a first) I'm quite excited for the federal election, if our state government have already managed to secure extra federal government funding for extensions to the Northern Connector, Darlington and T2T projects (as well as the Tonsley line extension) who knows what could be on the table next year.

I'd say the next chunk to be upgraded along South Road will be Tonsley Boulevard to Emerson crossing (or perhaps even as far as the Gallipoli underpass), my understanding is this section will be raised motorway (at-least until Emerson) and the current Emerson overpass will be taken down and rebuilt as a down ramp for this section of roadway (and the level train crossing trenched under Cross Road), correct me if I'm wrong anyone?

Patrick_27 wrote: I'd say the next chunk to be upgraded along South Road will be Tonsley Boulevard to Emerson crossing (or perhaps even as far as the Gallipoli underpass), my understanding is this section will be raised motorway (at-least until Emerson) and the current Emerson overpass will be taken down and rebuilt as a down ramp for this section of roadway (and the level train crossing trenched under Cross Road), correct me if I'm wrong anyone?

Patrick_27 wrote:I must say (in a first) I'm quite excited for the federal election, if our state government have already managed to secure extra federal government funding for extensions to the Northern Connector, Darlington and T2T projects (as well as the Tonsley line extension) who knows what could be on the table next year.

bits wrote:The Civil Contractors Union spokespersons or something like that(sorry to whoever you were I forget your exact title) was on 5AA yesterday saying in the new year there would likely be announcements regarding rail crossing upgrades. He mentioned some minor crossings may have the road closed, but he seemed a little too excited for it to just be that.

Llessur2002 wrote:

bits wrote:The Civil Contractors Union spokespersons or something like that(sorry to whoever you were I forget your exact title) was on 5AA yesterday saying in the new year there would likely be announcements regarding rail crossing upgrades. He mentioned some minor crossings may have the road closed, but he seemed a little too excited for it to just be that.

Interesting. I wonder if the Torrens Junction and Bowden rail undergrounding project might finally see some action...

crawf wrote:With works beginning early next year of upgrading Gibson Street, surely the railway upgrade can't be too far away?. The current Bowden Station is one of the worst on the network.

HeapsGood wrote:The next section that needs some significant and immediate attention is the area of South Road from Daws to the Anzac underpass.

The stretch of South road outside Castle Plaza has the worst bottleneck of traffic in Peak Period.

Of note are some areas currently for sale/lease:

The large brown brick Toyoda Gosei factory.

The old Graham Cornes car lot.

The old Mitsubishi yard on Daws Road.

The State govt should be buying up these sites at a cheap price.

OlympusAnt wrote:South Road/Daws Road is the worst intersection that I know of. A roundabout is the best and in my view, the cheapest solution. Needs a lot of space though.