northern connector FACT SHEET July 2008

Involved at this early stage are a wide range The planning study will include an economic Have your of government agencies, local businesses and analysis and identify relevant environmental community bodies that need to understand issues and outline an approach for design and and comment on the proposal and to raise construction. It will also provide the framework say about a any issues about it. for an environmental impact assessment to be developed throughout this year. Since the announcement in March 2008 a major project range of activities have occurred, including: The project route is expected to be confirmed > feedback on design based on traffic needs by the end of 2009. Five months ago the Minister for Transport, and engineering Patrick Conlon announced a study into a > desktop research on similar projects Where is the project? new road and rail transport corridor in the > drop-in forums held at Globe Derby Park The planning study area will investigate area west of – the and St Kilda a 17 km corridor from north of the Brown Northern Connector. > shopping centre displays at Hollywood Road/Port Wakefield Road intersection through to the connection of the Port River This fact sheet sets out additional Plaza and Virginia Expressway and South Road. information about the project and identifies > meeting and planning with emergency the opportunities for the community to services experts This includes a section of approximately be involved in the planning process that > field surveys that look at geography, 1 km width on the western side of is underway. soil types, heritage, flora and fauna. Port Wakefield Road, from Brown Road to Jobson Road at Bolivar. What will happen next? Property owners and residents living within The planning study team will contact owners the study area have now been contacted by of around 200 properties that might be the department. affected by the proposed corridor.

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PO TO PERTH/DARWIN What are the benefits of creating RT WA a new road and rail line? KE NORTHERN FI EL EXPRESSWAY The Northern Connector road and rail D R northern connector TO project would: D INTERMODAL FACILITY

> remove major freight and interstate rail services HEASLIP ROAD CROSSING from directly affected suburbs around Salisbury NA TI > improve road safety and efficiency –DarwinX ON EDINBURGH > improve access to Adelaide for freight transport AL NE TW > reduce truck movements on local roads Interchange O ALIGNMENT UNDER INVESTIGATION R > link road freight, rail freight more directly to R K R Emergency Services personnel meet ailway Lin E AI IN L the Port of Adelaide. L with the project team. L Interchange L I IN A e E R R What does the planning > shack owners at St Kilda E G N E study involve? > community groups. WA S TE S R A LO The planning study is examining a range O NP Have emergency services CORNE A of issues to determine a preferred route. RB R R U been consulted? B D U This requires some survey and general soil testing S A group of senior emergency services work. If contractors require access to any private N X property, the land owner will be contacted before personnel recently met with the project team. X any testing is carried out. They provided advice on operational needs The study will consider factors such as: for the safe management of any incident or > freight efficiency natural emergency that might occur around the project route. SALISBURY > safety POSSIBLE X > impacts on local traffic networks This initial meeting enabled representatives of Interchange police, fire and emergency services to provide > community needs PO

‘what if’ scenarios for incidents on, as well as R > land use and planning, current and future W T around, the route. Those present focussed > land productivity BOLIVAR AK

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> Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal heritage vehicles as well as the consequences of closing IE

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R D X > environmental impacts the roadway or rail tracks at peak periods in the > visual impacts event of an incident in the local region. D > cost. How can I provide feedback? POSSIBLE At the completion of the planning study, all property Interchange When we gather to talk about your local area, owners in the study area will be advised of its D results and if their property is affected. we want to be sure that you are involved. HR RT O This involvement can be direct and face-to-face, N Who are the key stakeholders? IN or indirectly through feedback forms, emails MA The project team will liaise with all relevant and comments to our people when they visit Interchange stakeholders during the course of the study your suburb or go door-to-door in some cases. MAWSON LAKES including the councils of Salisbury, Playford You can phone the project team, attend drop-in and Enfield as well as relevant forums or view displays at shopping centres. POSSIBLE UPGRADE government agencies, industry bodies, business We are listening to all options and opinions, representatives, resident groups and individuals. because this is the time that we get to hear about local issues, no matter how small or TO PORT ADELAIDE A community engagement process is being PO

TO ADELAIDE CBD RT undertaken to ensure the local community seemingly unimportant. TO ADELAIDE AIRPORT receives information about the project and is able At this early stage, the project team wants to WA to provide input into the planning study process. KE establish links with the local community and FI

EL This will include many other groups like… interest groups, to make sure that local voices X SOUTH ROAD R D > the go-kart club will be heard. In particular, we want feedback D > the rifle club and information from local people who have CTION RD GRAND JUN > the Caravan Park special local needs or can make observations > industries along Port Wakefield Road that will help the project planners. 00 550000 11,000,000 22,000,000 MetresMeters LEGEND 1:50,000 > the salt harvesting company This includes people who might benefit or those PROPOSED NEW NORTHERN 1:50,000 PROPOSED INTERCHANGE who might want to know if their current amenity ACCESS ROAD/RAIL LINK > the boat club at St Kilda NATIONAL NETWORK ROAD

and local surroundings might be affected. NATIONAL NETWORK RAIL EXISTING LEVEL CROSSING POSSIBLE EXISTING UNDERPASS/ CONNECTOR ROADS OVERPASS PROPOSED NATIONAL SUBURBAN PASSENGER RAIL NETWORK RAIL

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