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House of Assembly - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
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Election Commitments

Ms HOOD (Adelaide) (14:37): My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. Can the minister update the house on the state government's delivery of infrastructure election commitments in his portfolios?

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens—Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Minister for Energy and Mining) (14:37): I can. Our commitments to the public of South Australia are vast, ranging from delivering local road upgrades to delivering the world's first large-scale hydrogen production and power generation facility. We have got on with the job and have been meeting milestone after milestone and delivering project after project.

The member for Adelaide would be pleased to know that the state government has worked diligently to deliver on our election commitments: for instance, to construct a fit-for-purpose modern Adelaide Aquatic Centre—site selected and community consultation for the design commenced; to implement a school zone on Gilles Street, including 25 km/h signs and road marking—delivered; and to create a pocket park at Scotty's Corner—initial consultation complete and design works underway.

If we keep looking north of the CBD, we turn our attention to other commitments made by the member for Newland and the member for King, notably: upgrade the auditorium of the Clovercrest Baptist Church—consultation undertaken and design is being finalised; install shelters at 20 bus stops in the electorate of King—solutions at each stop identified and confirmation of scope underway; and upgrade the intersections of Main North Road, Target Hill Road and intersections with The Grove Way at Canterbury Drive, Green Valley Drive and Atlantis Drive—community consultation for planning studies have commenced.

If we turn our attention to the south and east of the city, you will continue to see progress and delivery of our election commitments. It is a common theme here. There were the member for Waite's commitments, such as installing flashing warning lights at the western approach to the CFS station in Upper Sturt in September—delivered; and providing a reconfigured carriage on the Belair line dedicated to bikes on weekends—delivered.

For the members for Gibson and Elder: upgrade Ballara Park Reserve at Warradale—works scheduled for early next year; upgrade the playground at CC Hood Reserve at Panorama—stage 1 consultation complete and a competitive tender is now underway for a landscape designer; and construct an entry arch at Ludgate Circus in Colonel Light Gardens—concept design is complete.

To wrap up, let's consider one of the commitments from the member for Davenport: implement local school traffic upgrades at Braeview Primary School—delivered; implement local school traffic upgrades at Aberfoyle Hub Primary School and High School, Craigburn Primary School and Pilgrim School—construction programmed for these school holidays; upgrade Main Road at Cherry Gardens—onsite survey works are underway to inform detailed design early next year.

Lastly, another commitment from the member for Davenport, who is a very strong advocate, is a commitment that the Leader of the Opposition has previously endorsed—the construction of an on/off ramp for Majors Road, proposed design released for public consultation. I am pleased to say that it was recently endorsed in the most recent federal election. Our consultation has shown an overwhelming majority of the Leader of the Opposition's constituents support the on/off ramp.

I held a public meeting recently with the member for Davenport. I understand that a close friend of the Leader of the Opposition attended, who raised concerns about the consultation for the Majors Road upgrade, so I posed the obvious question: 'To those 40 of you in the room, please raise your hand if you support the government's proposition that we should upgrade Majors Road and allow an on/off ramp.' Thirty-nine hands went up. Who was the one person who said no? The one person the Leader of the Opposition could find to send to the public meeting. Here endeth the lesson.

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