House of Assembly - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
2023-05-02 Daily Xml

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Answers to Questions

Flood Damaged Roads

In reply to Mr PEDERICK (Hammond) (9 February 2023).

The Hon. G.G. BROCK (Stuart—Minister for Local Government, Minister for Regional Roads, Minister for Veterans Affairs): I have been advised of the following:

1. The estimate of almost 1,200 kilometres (km) of road was an estimate from the South Australian State Emergency Service at the time (5 February 2023), based on GIS mapping.

Roads maintained (sealed roads) by the Department for Infrastructure and Transport (the Department) impacted by the floods are:

Kingston Road (0.95 km in Moorook and 4.7 km in Moorook South)

Burdett Road (0.8 km approach to Mannum)

Morgan Road (3.0 km adjacent Lake Bonney)

Princes Highway (1.55 km at Waltowa)

Goyder Highway (1.3 km section north of Morgan).

Bookpurnong Road (2.82 km south of Berri Bridge)

Angas Valley Road (0.6 km eastern approach, 0.2 km south of general store and 3.7 km western approach at Walker Flat Ferry)

Hunter Road (1.5 km at Mannum Ferry)

Taylorville Road (1.19 km at Waikerie Lower landing)

Ferry Road (0.7 km at Wellington Ferry)

Stott Highway (1.5 km north and 0.15 km south of Swan Reach Ferry)

Randell Street (0.22 km at Mannum Ferry and 0.65 km in Mannum township)

Council ferry approach roads inundated:

Lyrup Road (at Lyrup Ferry–length not provided)

Morgan Cadell Road (1.45 km at Morgan Ferry)

High Street (0.16 km at Morgan Ferry)

Purnong Road (9.7 km at Purnong Ferry)

Local roads impacted, as advised by Regional Councils, is attached (Attachment 1).

Attachment 1

Renmark Paringa Council

Bollenhagen Place; Causeway Road; Goolwa Street; Gregory Way/unnamed; Gurra Road; Kemp Road; Lagoon Drive; Liba Liba Parade; Lock 5 Road; Mundic Creek Road; Nelwart Street; Ohlson Road; Old Lyrup Road; Paringa Street; Patey Drive; Plushes Bend Road; Ponde Road; Purnong Street; Sluggett Road; Sonnemanns Lane; Townsend Street; Twentyfifth Street; Twentyfirst Street; Twentysixth Street; Warrego Street; Wilson Parade; and Crescent Street.

Berri Barmera Council

Bruno Bay access Road; Marina Drive; and Martins Bend Road.

District Council of Loxton Waikerie

Alexander Hill Drive; Edgar Bartlett Drive; Gordon Road; Grant Schubert Drive; Gun Club Road; Holder Bottom Road; Holmes Road; McMillan Street; River Terrace; Perry Road; Ramco Point Road; Ricciuto Road; Sophie Edington Drive; Strangman Road; Thiele's Sandbar Access Road; Lowbank Road; and River Drive.

Mid Murray Council

Laurie Terrace; Page Drive; Shack Front Road; Pelde Street; Pelican Drive; Pelican Point Road; Preiss Landing Road; Hallam Terrace; Purnong Road; Khancoban Place; River Lane; Murray Street; Richards Road; Schouvaloff Street; Scrubby Flat Shack Road; Pellaring Crescent; South Punyelroo Road; Lake Carlet Shack Road; Sunset Boulevard; Docs Drive; Teal Flat Road; Thiele Road; Zadow Shack Road; Younghusband Holdings Road; Cowirra Shack Access Road; Fraser Court; Teal Cliff Road; Pompoota Landing Road; Scrubby Flat Crescent; Edward Terrace; Bulls Tree Landing Road; and Caledonia Street.

Fourth Street; Armstrong Street; Walding Road; Hausler Road; Evans Terrace; Stewart Street; Tennanabie Street; Cowirra Swamp Road; Martin Road; Skinner Road; Whalland Court; Heinrich Road; Salisbury Road; Hermann Street; Greenways Shack Road; Armytage Street; St Sophia Street; Lane One Road; Shannon Landing Road; Baseby Court; Fellenberg Road; Access Road; Bond Street; Second Street; Side Road; Wongulla Ramp Road; Mcphee Avenue; River Reserve Road; Providence Drive; Porter Street; Bowling Club Lane; Schmidt Lane; Edwin Street; Terence Place; Oval Road; Gowling Court; Sanders Street; Bond Street; Murray Road; and Unnamed Road.

Reserve Parade; Bryants Creek Road; High Street; Stony Steps Road; Thamm Road; The Parade; South Terrace; Christion Road; Riverview Road; Graziano Road; Chambers Hill Road; Noa No Landing Road; Caloote Landing Road; Billabong Road; Shaw Street; Craignook Road; Schache Road; Bakers Hut Road; Zadow Landing Road; Kookaburra Lane; Scotts Creek Shack Road; Teal Flat Shack Road; Cod Court; Echidna Avenue; Pelican Parade; Beaumonts Rd; and Chambers Hill Road.

Rural City of Murray Bridge

Avoca Dell Drive; Bakehouse Road; Billabong Road; Bott Lane; Burgess Road; Charles Sturt Drive; Clark Street; Coolibah Drive; Dean Jaensch Road; Hannaford Tce; Hill Road; Hume Reserve Road; Jaensch Road; Jury Road; Kallarroo Road; Kellett Road; Lake Reserve Road; Loddon Road; Long flat Road; Long Island Reserve boat ramp; Mathews Cct; McCulloch Road; McKerlie Road; Murrawong Road; Murray Cods Drive; North Bokara Road; Olympic Drive; Pump Road/Hutchinson Drive Mobilong; Riverglades View; Riverfront Road; and River Gum Drive.

Rothe Lane; Siesta Drive & Thiele Rd; Snakey Gully Road; South Bokara Road; Sturt Reserve Fire Access Track; Sturt Reserve Road; Sunnyside Road; Swamp Road; Swanport Wetlands access track (not Council owned); Tempi Road; The Point Road; Thiele Reserve Boat Ramp; Toora Hill Road; Toora Road; Toora Road; Toora Road; Toora Road; Unnamed Road; Wharf Road (incl service road); Wildens Way; and Woodlane Drive.

2. The $60 million announced towards repairing roads damaged by floods in the Riverland and Murraylands region is the initial investment to enable urgent repairs and ensure roads are open sooner. Long-term upgrade works and works to improve the future resilience of the road network are currently being investigated.

The extent of repair works on the local road network are being assessed by local councils.

3. $7 million was spent undertaking 11.6 kilometres (km) (five sections) of asphalt surfacing on South Eastern Freeway between Mount Barker and Callington. The works, which were undertaken between February 2020, and February 2021, included:

three sections totalling 7.5 km of outbound lanes along the South Eastern Freeway, from west of Mount Barker to east of Bald Hills Road interchange exit point

3.5 km section of city-bound lanes along the South Eastern Freeway, beginning approximately 5 km west of the Callington Interchange; and

a 600 metre section of South Eastern Freeway (outbound) near Callington.

These works formed part of the $190 million Princes Highway Corridor Upgrade program, jointly funded by the Australian and South Australian governments (80:20).

A further $9 million was spent undertaking 11.4 km (four sections) of major pavement rehabilitation works on the South Eastern Freeway between Bridgewater and Callington. The works, which were undertaken between March 2022, and September 2022, included:

a 1.7 km section between Bridgewater Interchange and Hahndorf/Woodside/Birdwood Interchange (outbound)

a 2 km section near the truck rest area towards Callington (outbound)

a 5.1 km section between Back Callington Road to Summit Road (inbound); and

a 2.6 km section between Bald Hills Road, Mount Barker and Mount Barker interchange (inbound).

The west of the Mount Barker Interchange was funded by the Australian government under the 2021-22 Periodic Maintenance Program. Works east of the Mount Barker Interchange formed part of the $190 million Princes Highway Corridor Upgrade program, jointly funded by the Australian and South Australian governments (80:20). The department is currently completing line marking along the South Eastern Freeway as part of the annual line marking renewal program. The program is scheduled for completion April 2023.