north-south corridor

northern connector

Mark Elford

6 June 2012

north-south corridor78km non-stop from Gawler to Old Noarlunga• completed projects:

• Gallipoli underpass• Northern Expressway• Glenelg Tram Overpass

• current priorities:• South Road Superway• Regency Road to Torrens

River• duplication of Southern

Expressway• Northern Connector

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north south corridor - northern connector

• new multi-mode (road and rail)

transport corridor

• currently listed as a project with

‘real potential’ by Infrastructure

Australia (June 2011)

• part of the north-south corridor

between Gawler and Old

Noarlunga, linking the north with

Adelaide, and its major port

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north south corridor - northern connector

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

COMPLETE

northern connector

project of national significance

• improves road and rail freight access into Adelaide and South Australia’s major port from intrastate regions and interstates

• in accordance with the 30-Year Plan for Greater Adelaide, highly demanded for:• increasing productivity • developing residential land use• linking Southern and Northern industry• reducing greenhouse emissions • separating urban passenger rail services from interstate rail freight

services

• an integral part of Adelaide’s north-south corridor committed to by both State and Federal governments

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links vital economic regions

• freight connections between Port

Adelaide and Adelaide Airport to

every other mainland state

• links the premier wine and tourism

regions of the Barossa, Clare Valley

and the Riverland

• the Virginia food bowl – agribusiness

• primary and horticultural industries

• key mining and regional centres

• key SA grain ports and silos

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links vital economic regions

• key industrial areas with automotive

($1.7b*), defence ($10b*) and

electronics

• new strategic employment lands -

Greater Edinburgh Parks (to attract

between 25-50% of new demand)

• manufacturing - 28% of state share

• cater for 118,000 new jobs and 270,000

people in the Northern and Barossa

Regions to 2038

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overview - road

• 12 km north of Adelaide CBD

• 15km expressway, 3+3 lanes, 110 km/h

• managed motorway (ITS backbone,

VMS, VSL, incident management etc)

• connects Sturt Hwy and Northern

Expressway with the Port River

Expressway and South Road Superway

• includes staging considerations for

interchange access as traffic demand

grows

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overview – rail

• 21 km freight rail link between NExy and the Port, overall the new rail

track is approx. 30.9km in length.

• single track with two passing loops, standard gauge

• 6 grade separations in total to facilitate a non-stop road and rail

corridor, including 2 rail overpasses, and 4 road overpasses

• potentially, up to 11 rail crossings can be removed from the existing

rail network

• links with the Adelaide to Perth, Darwin and Sydney rail lines

• growing national export task, particularly mining, requires efficient

link to the Port

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concept design of the northern connector

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typical cross sections of the northern connector

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interchanges – north, south and waterloo corner

• the northern interchange connects in with the recently completed

Northern Expressway

• southern interchange connects with the south road superway

• connecting the South Road Superway to the Nothern Expressway the

northern connector completes almost 45km of the 78km non-stop north-

south corridor (NEXY (24km), connector (15km), superway (4.8km)

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north south corridor - northern interchange with northern expressway

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north south corridor – southern interchange with south road superway

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northern connector – waterloo corner

waterloo corner

• the interchange at

waterloo corner

creates east-west and

north-south access

• exit and enter here for

St Kilda, Waterloo

Corner, Burton,

Salisbury, Elizabeth

etc.

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northern connector – waterloo corner interchange

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bolivar interchange

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development of northern connector

• The preferred option delivers:

• vital link to the Port of Adelaide with intermodal facilities, industrial

clusters and the National Road Network for key intra and interstate

freight movements

• direct contribution to the national objective of addressing freight

capacity constraints

• better use of existing road asset (refer road traffic demand

information – next slide)

• minimisation of impacts on public transport patronage

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forecast traffic volumes on northern connector

• the Northern Connector will cater for 55,000 vehicles per day near

Northern Expressway (northern end), and 78,700 vehicles per day near

South Road Superway (southern end) by 2031

• it is predicted that 39,000 north-south trips will be on the existing

network to the east leading to better use of existing road assets and

improved level of service for the Northern Connector

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projected project timeframes

if funding obtained: -

land acquisition and pre-construction works 2013-2014

detailed design and construction 2014-2017

open northern connector to public 2017