The Grove Way

Ms LUETHEN (King) (15:47): I would like to update the house on a new local campaign, where I am encouraging my local community to have their say on The Grove Way, and I am listening. Over the past few years, people in my local community have raised their concerns with me about traffic congestion on The Grove Way, and I have been listening. As a result, I am seeking community feedback on how often locals travel along The Grove Way, where they believe the trouble spots are on The Grove Way and their thoughts on proposed solutions.

Traffic congestion on The Grove Way for communities within my electorate of King is an issue that I see and a cause for concern that requires attention. There have been more than 119 crashes in the past four years just on the section of The Grove Way between Bridge Road and Main North Road. Just like my community, I have had to plant my foot to get across this road, and just as we had to do to get from Hancock Road to Golden Grove Road, we are required to do this on The Grove Way, and that is just not safe. For example, getting from Green Valley Drive to Bridge Road at school drop-off time is a risky business.

The population in this local area and the number of vehicle users using this section are growing in Salisbury Heights and Greenwith because it is an absolutely beautiful place to live, it is a good community, it is a good place to build a house and to raise a family, and there is a lot of building going on right now.

The Marshall Liberal government is committed to looking at ways to improve safety, reduce the stress and wait time faced by commuters on our roads, to bust congestion and to create more jobs, and I am encouraging my community to have their say on The Grove Way by going to the Local Cause section of my website at www.paulaluethen.com.au and filling in a very short online survey. To my community: your feedback is always very important, and it is most valuable for me to best represent you. That is why I will keep listening and asking what is most important.

I am encouraging my local community to have their say on The Grove Way, just as my community had their say on the Golden Grove Road upgrade, which successfully attracted $50 million from the Marshall Liberal government—a local issue that had been ignored for 20 years by Labor. Additionally and excitingly, the Golden Grove park-and-ride upgrade is progressing well, and the temporary car park is now open.

The temporary car park at SADNA at Golden Grove can be accessed via Atlantis Drive, Golden Grove. More information on the temporary car park can be accessed by visiting the Golden Grove park-and-ride project team, by popping into my office, by contacting me on the website, or by contacting me by email or phone.

I would like to say a big thank you to the City of Tea Tree Gully council and the SA District Netball Association, who made this temporary car park possible. We have listened and we are building what matters in the Golden Grove park-and-ride upgrade. My local community told me that a bigger and more secure Golden Grove park-and-ride was a priority, and I listened.

The 2020-21 state budget provided an additional $25 million over two years with a total cost of $33 million to construct a multideck car park at the existing Golden Grove park-and-ride site. Our upgrade is building a new park-and-ride facility that will go from 177 car parks to 450. Our upgrade will provide a better service for our community and will remove congestion from nearby streets. Our upgrade is creating more jobs and will lead to an increase in public transport usage.

As part of this upgrade, we are also creating seven spaces available as a kiss and drop for the Golden Grove High School. That is because we are listening to the issues people have raised around drop-off and pick-up time around our three sensational schools. We will also have provision for secure bicycle storage at our new site. It is expected that the project will be completed in early 2022, weather permitting.

As always, I am here for my local community to help if I can be of further assistance on this campaign or anything that matters to my community, and I urge people to keep having their say as it is certainly leading to positive changes for the King community under a Marshall Liberal government, and I will continue to listen and advocate.