House of Assembly Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1) 55 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Hahndorf Bypass Hahndorf Bypass Mr TEAGUE House of Assembly Heysen Hahndorf Bypass Mr TEAGUE (Heysen) (14:34): My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. Does the government have any plan to monitor any impact of trucks on River Road? The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS House of Assembly West Torrens Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Minister for Energy and Mining Hahndorf Bypass The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens—Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Minister for Energy and Mining) (14:34): Yes. I am advised that a previous survey that was done by the then government found that there are currently 1,900 vehicles in total using River Road per day, of which 130 are heavy vehicles. I understand that there are currently around 1,800 vehicles per day using Strathalbyn Road, of which 140 are heavy vehicles. We will continue to monitor this to see how many have been diverted from the Hahndorf main street. I do not expect there to be more than 50 or 60 per day, and that would be our worst-case scenario. We are not quite sure exactly where trucks—we are not actually diverting trucks to River Road. We are not directing them onto that road. We have changed no classification. We are not requiring trucks to use River Road to get back to Mount Barker Road, but what we are doing is banning trucks from using the main street of Hahndorf. What we will see is that local knowledge will obviously dictate where a lot of these trucks go. That is not to dismiss the fact that there will be extra traffic on River Road; of course there will be. We will be monitoring that, and I am happy to make those numbers public.