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Legislative Council - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
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Road Safety

361 The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) ().28 August 2024). Can the Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services advise:

1. Can the minister outline how many new road safety cameras were delayed from the originally announced roll-out schedule, including their locations?

2. Can the minister outline what works will be completed on Main Road, Cherry Gardens as part of the Adelaide Hills Productivity and Road Safety Package in 2024-25?

3. Can the minister outline of the budgeted metropolitan and regional expenditure split for the Road Safety Maintenance Package in 2024-25?

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries): The Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services has advised:

1. A trial of the technology for mobile phone detection cameras was conducted in 2023. As part of the procurement process the trial outcomes were evaluated, and a recommended preferred supplier was selected.

The contract negotiation processes with the preferred supplier concluded in January 2024.

Following this, 13 mobile phone detections cameras were installed under stage 1 across five locations in metropolitan Adelaide:

Stage One
Locations Metropolitan Area Lanes* Cameras*
North-South Motorway, Regency Park North 3 3
Port Road, Hindmarsh Central 3 3
Port Wakefield Road, Gepps Cross North 2 2
South Road, Torrensville Central 2 2
Southern Expressway, Darlington South 3 3
TOTAL 13 13

* One camera per lane.


Four more cameras at two more sites will be installed as part of stage 2, scheduled to be completed by the end of 2025.

2. Works that will be completed in 2024-25 on Main Road, Cherry Gardens as part of the Adelaide Hills Productivity and Road Safety Package are between Black Road, Coromandel Valley and Chandlers Hill Road, Cherry Gardens, weather permitting.

The final treatments, expected to be completed in December 2024, will include:

Road widening to achieve consistent three-metre-wide lanes between Black Road and Chandlers Hill Road (where possible).

Curve widening to achieve a consistent 3.2 metre lane width at the identified locations.

New road surface, safety barriers, road signage and line marking including centre line audio tactile line marking plus drainage enhancements.

3. There is a $35 million (over three years) Road Safety Maintenance Package funded by the state government. Funding for the road safety maintenance package will commence from 2025-26. The Department for Infrastructure and Transport has budgeted $155 million for 2024-25 for road maintenance.

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