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by mawsonguy
Tue Mar 12, 2019 10:09 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [COM] M2 Northern Connector | 15.5km | $867m
Replies: 1200
Views: 395247

[COM] Re: Northern Connector | 14km | $1b

Interesting video showing the steel fixing on the Southern Interchange bridges: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy4AFG9FVws (starting at 1:43)
by mawsonguy
Fri Mar 08, 2019 5:03 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [COM] M2 Northern Connector | 15.5km | $867m
Replies: 1200
Views: 395247

[COM] Re: Northern Connector | 14km | $1b

The latest snaps from Google Maps* (hey, that rhymes!): The photography for the Bolivar, Waterloo Corner and Northern interchanges dates to 9 August 2018 and has been up on Google Earth for a while. The updates (as at 3 January 2019) only cover the area south of Dry Creek all the way to Darlington.
by mawsonguy
Tue Mar 05, 2019 7:17 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Public Transport Contracts, Service & Policy
Replies: 2051
Views: 533648

Re: News & Discussion: Public Transport Service & Policy

Article from In Daily discussing the road lobby's power versus the public transport lobby. Adelaide's public transport users need a more powerful voice OPINION It’s no wonder that public transport users are the bottom of the policy pile when the best-connected and most well-resourced transport lobb...
by mawsonguy
Sun Feb 17, 2019 6:36 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [U/C] M2 North-South Motorway
Replies: 6206
Views: 1522622

[U/C] Re: North-South Motorway

DPTI has had billions and billions of dollars in project money over the last 10 years. That money goes a long way towards papering over any inadequacies that the department may have. It would be interesting to see how well it operated in an environment where the project $ had dried up yet the dead ...
by mawsonguy
Sun Feb 10, 2019 11:02 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [U/C] M2 North-South Motorway
Replies: 6206
Views: 1522622

[U/C] Re: North-South Motorway

Jeepers, I really hope that picture of a double lane tunnel is just an indicative image because if they’re not going to continue with 3 lanes (as like the T2T, Superway and Northern Connector) it’s just going to be a bottle neck nightmare in there. Have they not learnt anything from Sydney’s M5 lac...
by mawsonguy
Sun Feb 10, 2019 6:54 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Active Transport
Replies: 469
Views: 192958

Re: News & Discussion: Cycling

One of the key criticism of MHL is deterring people from riding at all, which they claim isn't true despite not doing any of their own research in their study. Actually, if you read the article, you will see that they refer to overseas research which supports their claim. The fact is it has had a m...
by mawsonguy
Sun Feb 10, 2019 9:11 am
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [U/C] M2 North-South Motorway
Replies: 6206
Views: 1522622

[U/C] Re: North-South Motorway

What's unclear from today's announcement is how they intend to get city and western traffic into and out of the tunnels. City traffic going south could enter at James Gondon Drive but otherwise there is still going to have to be some property acquisitions for any such "interchanges".
by mawsonguy
Fri Feb 08, 2019 7:53 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: News & Discussion: Active Transport
Replies: 469
Views: 192958

Re: News & Discussion: Cycling

Interesting article on bike helmets in the Sydney Morning Herald at https://www.smh.com.au/national/report-reveals-how-many-lives-have-been-saved-by-bike-helmets-20190208-p50wj7.html . Some excerpts: Cycling fatalities in Australia have almost halved since mandatory helmet laws were introduced in th...
by mawsonguy
Wed Jan 30, 2019 6:33 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [COM] M2 Northern Connector | 15.5km | $867m
Replies: 1200
Views: 395247

[COM] Re: Northern Connector | 14km | $1b

I came accross the following post on reddit.com ( https://www.reddit.com/r/australia/comments/akchcr/maybe_a_dumb_questionbut_can_someone_explain_to/ ) that is an interesting explanation of the use of concrete versus asphalt on the Northern Connector. I'm currently working on Adelaide's Northern Con...
by mawsonguy
Mon Jan 28, 2019 11:24 am
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [COM] M2 Northern Connector | 15.5km | $867m
Replies: 1200
Views: 395247

[COM] Re: Northern Connector | 14km | $1b

I found these photos on a DPTI website which were taken on 12 January 2019. The first is intersting as it clearly shows the alignment through the interchange of the northern connector, northbound to eastbound off ramp and the eastbound to southbound on ramp. The second shows that the northern suppor...
by mawsonguy
Mon Jan 14, 2019 7:57 am
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [COM] M2 Northern Connector | 15.5km | $867m
Replies: 1200
Views: 395247

[COM] Re: Northern Connector | 14km | $1b

If there's going to be an Industrial estate in the Salt Pan development then hopefully the Globe Derby Dr interchange goes ahead I cannot see that happening until Elder Smith Rd is extended from Salisbury Highway to Port Wakefield Rd and widened to 4 lanes. Whilst that is in the forward 15 year pla...
by mawsonguy
Sun Jan 13, 2019 5:30 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [COM] M2 Northern Connector | 15.5km | $867m
Replies: 1200
Views: 395247

[COM] Re: Northern Connector | 14km | $1b

Getting it ready to sell the land to a land developer maybe, I am sure Lend Lease could make a nice suburb out of it , they did a good job transforming The Levels swamp into a successful suburb It's only a very small part of the land. For reclamation projects it's normally left to the developer (e....
by mawsonguy
Sun Jan 13, 2019 12:59 pm
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [COM] M2 Northern Connector | 15.5km | $867m
Replies: 1200
Views: 395247

[COM] Re: Northern Connector | 14km | $1b

I noticed they are reclaiming a heap of land over on the Port Wakefield Rd side of the salt pans, does this have anything to do with the NC project? They've been doing it for about 6 months now. Doesn't appear to be any connection to the Northern Connector. They appear to be reclaiming the land by ...
by mawsonguy
Sun Jan 13, 2019 9:30 am
Forum: Infrastructure/Transport Development
Topic: [COM] M2 Northern Connector | 15.5km | $867m
Replies: 1200
Views: 395247

[COM] Re: Northern Connector | 14km | $1b

Bridge beams over Port River Expressway being lifted into place - https://www.facebook.com/7NewsAdelaide/ ... 939655553/