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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2018-10-16" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Victor Harbor Road Intersection</name>
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        <inserted>
          <heading>Victor Harbor Road Intersection</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="3117" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Mawson</electorate>
        <questions>
          <question date="2018-09-18" qonNum="413">
            <name>Victor Harbor Road Intersection</name>
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        <text id="201810160766b451e13142c690001909">
          <inserted>413 <by role="member" id="3117">The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL (Mawson)</by> (18 September 2018).  Can the Minister confirm:</inserted>
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        <text id="201810160766b451e13142c690001910">
          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;The timeline to fix the dangerous intersection of Victor Harbor Road, Seaview Road and Budgens Road at McLaren Vale?</inserted>
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        <text id="201810160766b451e13142c690001911">
          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;What measures will be taken to allow for the safe movement of the many heavy vehicles from the local quarries which are usually towing massive trailers, which pull out of Seaview Road to do right hand turns across traffic doing 80 km/h on to Victor Harbor Road.</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4847" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. S.K. KNOLL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Schubert</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Transport</name>
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            <name>Minister for Planning</name>
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          <question date="2018-09-18" qonNum="413">
            <name>Victor Harbor Road Intersection</name>
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          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="4847">The Hon. S.K. KNOLL (Schubert—Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Local Government, Minister for Planning):</by>
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        <text id="201810160766b451e13142c690001913">
          <inserted>I have been advised by the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI) that road upgrades identified to improve the safety and reliability of travel for all road users travelling along the Victor Harbor Road to and from the Southern Fleurieu Peninsula, include:</inserted>
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        <text id="201810160766b451e13142c690001914">
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            <inserted>road widening, shoulder sealing and overtaking lanes along Victor Harbor Road,</inserted>
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        <text id="201810160766b451e13142c690001915">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>the duplication of Victor Harbor Road from Old Noarlunga to McLaren Vale; and</inserted>
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        <text id="201810160766b451e13142c690001916">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>the duplication of Victor Harbor Road to Mount Compass.</inserted>
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          <inserted>These initiatives are not currently funded. The timing of these works will be considered in the context of the diverse range of priorities for the transport system across the state and will be subject to further detailed studies and design. </inserted>
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        <text id="201810160766b451e13142c690001918">
          <inserted>DPTI has reviewed the intersection of Seaview, Budgens and Victor Harbor Roads and the current layout and traffic control devices are considered to be operating satisfactorily. There are adequate sight distances (which is in accordance to the current standards), when exiting Budgens and Seaview Roads.</inserted>
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        <text id="201810160766b451e13142c690001919">
          <inserted>An investigation will be undertaken to provide potential improvements for heavy vehicle movements at the intersection.</inserted>
        </text>
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