Main Road Upgrade

Main Road upgrade to commence 25th February 2009.

March 2009 - Power undergrounding Completed - Street layout completed -

April 2009 - Stormwater Drainage commenced - Kerbing Commenced

May 2009 -  School area drainage and kerbing finished  , Changed plan over trees and the Nut trees are not being replaced (cost ) - REMOVED TWO FIFTY YEAR OLD JACKERANDA TREES (No Explaination) -

June 2009 - Stormwater redone (error to drain sizeing) - Kerbing redone (error to driveway access slopes) - Side roads resurfaced - Paving company replaced ( did not turn up) - Telstra lines broken twice (cables not in right places to drawings) - Water pipes broken  (water pipe repair due to original lack of depth)

July 2009 - Storm water still being completed (some had to be redone again) - - Some of the Kerbing had to be redone -

August 2009 - Storm water drains still being installed , Extensive areas of paving to be lifted and redone. Church Rd. intersection started (kerbing and drainage ) . Bus "pull in" constructed and kerbed. Church Rd. end kerbing dug up and redone. Malpas St. corner kerbing etc. dug up and redone.Pavement electric boxes are wrong height , ETSA having to come back to re-install.

September 2009 - New paving company hired. Paving lifted and relaid. Business (mid. Patapinda) closed for two weeks while steps and wall installed. Decided to extend kerbing and drainage to Baron St. as levels were incorrect did not work. 18th Sept. road lowering started. Edward St. corner flooding due to incorrect levels of drainage.

January 2010 - Paving still being completed , concern over flooding to Patapinda / Malpas intersection.

April 2010 - Work still to be completed.  Landscaping, Seating, and tree planting.

South Road Intersections

March 2010 work commenced to widen the Seaford Road /  Patapinda Road intersection onto South Road. The traffic expected to use the turning from South road into Seaford road , to the future Transport Hubs at Seaford Meadows and Seaford , will rise dramatically over the next two years.The danger of the existing filter lanes becoming over full and blocking the traffic flows on South Road has prompted the widening of the intersection to allow extra filter lanes to be installed.

Traffic entering South Road from the Victor / McLaren Vale intersection has for the last few years been very congested to say the least. Alterations to the intersection have also started , and although an underpass was suggested as the best option for good traffic management , we understand at this stage another set of traffic lights is being installed.The traffic lights and road intersection changes are seen ( once again for the south ) as the cheapest option.

A band aid treatment at best , the current option of traffic lights is believed by local residents to be short sighted. The local suburbs are growing at such a rate the current works are not going to provide a good long term good traffic management solution , and could see rework to the intersections being done in the not to distant future.

Having seen the shortsighted cheap option costing the state millions of extra dollars to alter the Southern Expressway , why it is not being done the right way the first time seems to repeat the same old mistakes. It also is becoming a burden to the South Australian tax payer who ends up paying more in the long run.

Bus shelter

Bus shelter program now completed with the new one installed in front of the Horseshoe Inn Site.

Motocross Application Appeal