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Tweet Facebook Mail Designs for the major transport network upgrade in the Adelaide Hills worth almost $200 million have been finalised by the South Australian government. The changes are planned to ease congestion and improve safety, especially for emergency evacuations of the area in bushfire season, following rapid population growth. "There's a lot of infrastructure that needs to be built in one of the fastest growing areas anywhere in South Australia," Infrastructure Minister Tom Koutsantonis said.
READ MORE: Warm welcome for King and Queen as royal couple attend church service Designs for the major transport network upgrade in the Adelaide Hills worth almost $200 million have been finalised by the South Australian government. (Nine) The existing two-way overpass will be duplicated into three lanes each at the freeway gateway into Mount Barker. The upgrade will include dedicated turning and shared lanes.
Similar work will occur at Verdun, with the two projects to total $150 million in works, funded by the state and federal governments. "If you're heading from Totnes and you are going down the freeway, it's incredibly difficult. If you are at Verdun you have one way to exit on the Freeway.
That will be two," federal Mayo MP Rebekha Sharkie said. Who has right of way at this intersection? View Gallery Upgrades outlined for Mount Barker are designed to make the issues at the key intersection next to Mount Barker High a thing of the past. Work on a $40 million solely state-funded dual-lane roundabout, which is expected to serve about 31,000 vehicles a day, is planned to begin early next year.
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