Marshall Government launches 'Keeping Metro Traffic Moving'
02 May 2019
The Marshall Government has launched
its Keeping Metro Traffic Moving initiative which will help continue to
bust traffic
congestion across
Adelaide.
Keeping Metro Traffic Moving is a comprehensive policy to tackle
road
congestion, keep traffic flowing and get
South Australians where they
want to go sooner.
The launch of Keeping Metro Traffic Moving comes as the Marshall
Government today announces an extension of clearway operating times, set
to come into effect by the end of June, on portions of key metropolitan
roads including Sir Donald Bradman Drive, South Road, Northcote
Terrace, Nottage Terrace, Payneham Road and North Terrace, Flinders
Street, Marion Road, Goodwood Road, Port Road and Unley and Belair
Roads.
This builds on the successful extension of clearway operating times
implemented last year on Glen Osmond Road, Fullarton Road, Main North
Road, Portrush and Lower Portrush Roads, Hampstead Road and North East
Road.
“Keeping Metro Traffic Moving involves a range of
measures to help bust congestion across Adelaide, reduce travel times
and get people home sooner,” said Minister for Transport, infrastructure
and Local Government Stephan Knoll.
“This initiative will involve a range of measures including intersection
and road upgrades, level crossing upgrades, safety improvements, bus
priority lanes, bus indents and a host of other solutions.
“Across Adelaide, a number of our most important and frequently used
roads are showing increased congestion and many intersections are either
approaching or at capacity.
“The previous Labor Government didn’t do enough to tackle congestion on
our roads.
“The Marshall Government wants to get on top of traffic bottlenecks and
bust congestion choke points fast.
“We want to avoid the same problems we’ve seen in
Sydney and
Melbourne where there is traffic chaos that has crippled those
cities.
“That’s why we have worked with the
Federal Government to secure $341
million of Federal funding to upgrade nine of Adelaide’s most notorious
bottlenecks.
“We’ve also begun works on the
Pym to Regency section of the
North-South
Corridor and we’re fast tracking the final piece of the North-South
Corridor, the notorious 10.5-kilometre stretch between Darlington and
the River Torrens.
“We’re also busting congestion by extending more clearways on main roads
to help traffic flow during peak hour to help get people to work and
home quicker.
“The Marshall Government will continue to develop and implement more
congestion busting initiatives and projects to ease traffic across
Adelaide.”
For more information and full details visit:
https://www.dpti.sa.gov.au/movingtraffic
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Source: South Australian Government - www.premier.sa.gov.au
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External Links: https://www.dpti.sa.gov.au/movingtraffic
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