March 8

There will be a short-term closure of Lander Road at the Southern Expressway from 6am on Saturday
16 March 2013 until 4pm on Monday 18 March 2013 for works for the Southern Expressway Duplication project. This temporary closure will enable final works at the Lander Road arch under the expressway to be completed.

Pedestrians and cyclists will be detoured via Young Street or Majors Road on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 March 2013. On Monday 18 March (and Tuesday 19 March if works are undertaken) pedestrian and cyclist access will be available on Lander Road and no detour is required.

Majors Road will be closed at the Southern Expressway bridge from 13 March

Feb 25, 2013

Seacombe Road bridge re-opening
I am writing to advise that the Seacombe Road bridge will re-open early afternoon on Monday 4 March 2013. Thank you kindly for your patience during these critical works to extend the bridge as part of the Southern Expressway Duplication project.

Please note that a 40 kph speed restriction will be in place for up to three weeks following the re-opening of the bridge whilst footpath and services work is completed.

I would also like to take this opportunity to advise you that Majors Road will be closed at the bridge over the Southern Expressway from 13 March until November 2013 for bridge extension works. During the closure, vehicles will be detoured via Lonsdale Road, Lander Road and Main South Road; or Brighton Road, Seacombe Road and Main South Road. All detours will be clearly marked. If you have any questions or would like to speak to a member of the project team, please feel free to contact us on 1300 626 097 or email: SEDenquiries@bajvsed.com.au.

Jan 29, 2013

Goodwood Junction Upgrade: Bikeway detours

People riding or walking along the section of the Marino Rocks Bikeway located near Forestville Reserve, are advised that from 29 January to mid-March 2013, access will be restricted due to installation of the Brown Hill Creek culvert. Please refer to the detour map for suggested alternative routes and look out for changes to signs around the work zone. For more information on the Goodwood Upgrade Project visit: http://www.infrastructure.sa.gov.au/RR/rail_revitalisation/goodwood_junction

November 16

Two day closure of Honeypot Road at the Southern Expressway bridge.
The closure will be in place from 6.30am Wednesday 21 November 2012 until 9pm Thursday 22 November 2012 for service relocations which will be undertaken by SA Power Networks. Some minor pavement works will also be undertaken.

During the closure, motorists will be detoured via Dyson Road, Goldsmith Drive, Beach Road and Main South Road. All detours will be clearly marked.

Please note that access for pedestrians, cyclists, emergency service vehicles and public transport buses will be maintained during this temporary closure to minimise the inconvenience for the local community and school students. Although drivers will experience some inconvenience due to the road closure, the works have been planned to minimise the durations of disruption and provide the most efficient detour routes.

More details about these works and the Southern Expressway Duplication project are available online at www.dpti.sa.gov.au/southern_expressway_duplication.

November 9 - note updated map

Changes to the Shared Use Path detour between Elizabeth and Beach Roads. Users exit off Selina Street onto Beach Road at the eastern path rather than the western path.

October 29

Closure of Poznan Path to enable this pedestrian bridge to be extended for the
Southern Expressway Duplication project.

The closure will be in place from early November 2012 to tate April 2013, during which time both earthworks and bridge construction works will take place to extend the pedestrian bridge.

During these construction works pedestrian access will not be available across Poznan Path, with alternative access available via either Beach Road or Honeypot Road.

September 10

Cyclist and Pedestrian Detours for Southern Expressway Duplication

This message has been generated as part of our ongoing commitment to keep the cycling community informed about the Southern Expressway duplication project.

Construction of the Southern Expressway duplication is continuing and the coming weeks will see changes to current pedestrian/cyclist detours. Detours will be in place with traffic management and directional signage for guidance. A summary of these detours is as follows:

Coast to Vines (Noarlunga Downs/Huntfield Heights) - The Coast to Vines Trail underpass at the southern point of the Southern Expressway re-opens today.
Perry Path (Noarlunga Downs/Huntfield Heights) - the closure of Perry Path will coincide with this re-opening, closing on 11th September weather permitting. A detour will be in place on Corrimal Ave, River Road, Coast to Vines Trail and the shared-use trail to the east of the Southern Expressway.

Detours also remain in place for the following bridge/road closures:

Seacombe Road
Sturt River Underpass
O’Sullivan Beach Road
Elizabeth Road
Moore Road

For more detail about cyclist and pedestrian detours please call the project information line 1300 626 097, or email dpti.southernexpressway@sa.gov.au Additional Project information can also be found at www.infrastrucutre.sa.gov.au

The Southern Expressway duplication team will continue to keep the cycling community updated when detours and changes to cycleway/paths are implemented.

August  31 - Some duplication progress

August 16

Cyclist and Pedestrian Detours for Southern Expressway Duplication

Construction of the Southern Expressway duplication is continuing and the coming weeks will see more pedestrian/cyclist detours. Detours will be in place with traffic management and directional signage for guidance. A summary of these detours is as follows:

• · Elizabeth Road/Beach Road (Morphett Vale/Hackham West): The shared use path to the east of the Southern Expressway has been detoured and will remain closed for the duration of the bridge/interchange construction at Beach Road (mid 2013). The detour utilises Columba St, Benet St, Elizabeth Rd, Selina St and a section of newly laid unsealed path.
• · Lander Road Closure (Trott Park/O’Halloran Hill): the duplication of the Lander Road Overpass requires Lander Road to be closed from 17 August until late 2012. A detour for east/west travel will be implemented which will detour both cyclist and pedestrians onto Erin Place, Craig Avenue, the Patrick Jonker Veloway, Coast to Vines Trail and Young St. The section of Veloway between Craig Ave and ‘the tunnels’ will be temporarily converted to a shared use path. Signage for the detour and of the changed traffic conditions will be implemented on site.
• · Coast to Vines and Perry Path (Noarlunga Downs/Huntfield Heights): The Coast to Vines Trail underpass at the southern point of the Southern Expressway is due to re-open on 30th August 2012. The closure of Perry Path will coincide with this re-opening, with a detour on Corrimal Ave, River Road, Coast to Vines Trail and the shared-use trail to the east of the Southern Expressway.

Detours also remain in place for the following bridge/road closures:
· Seacombe Road

• · Sturt River Underpass
• · O’Sullivan Beach Road
• · Elizabeth Road
• · Moore Road

For more detail about cyclist and pedestrian detours please call the project information line 1300 626 097, or email dpti.southernexpressway@sa.gov.au Additional Project information can also be found at www.infrastrucutre.sa.gov.au

August 2

GovSA released this this release about Gov. spending on bike lanes. Most notably from DPTI who are getting $100k for :

Separated Bicycle Lane, Port Road, James Congdon Drive to South Road

and as we've seen:
Green Bicycle Lanes, various sites, Hackney Road,
Park Terrace, Torrens Road, Rundle Street, Robe
Terrace and Anzac Highway

Arterial Road Crossings
• Greenhill Road, Porter Street
• Fitzroy Terrace, Braund Road
• Dequetteville Terrace, Angus Street
• Greenhill Road, Beaumont Road
• Fullarton Road, Beulah Road
• Fullarton Road, Angus Street and William St

July 10 - Veloway closures for blasting

Ongoing veloway closures for controlled blasting

As part of the Southern Expressway Duplication a series of controlled blasts are required at the Darlington Escarpment. The blasts are designed to loosen underground rock to enable construction of the Southern Expressway in this location. The veloway will be subject to ongoing short term closures to ensure public safety during controlled blasting. Given the close proximity of the Patrick Jonker Veloway to the controlled blasting activities, cyclists will not be able to access the veloway between Majors Road and Seacombe Road for up to 1.5 hours as a safety precaution when blasting is occurring.

• Veloway closed from Mid-July (between Majors Road and Seacombe Road) from 12.00pm - 1.30pm on days of blasting.
• Blasting is expected to occur two to three times a week and continue for the next 9 months.

Cyclists can register to receive blast notifications and will receive SMS notice in advance of each short term closure. To register for advanced blast notice, please call 1300 626 097 or email SEDenquiries@bajvsed.com.au

On-site signage will also be in place to notify cyclists of the status of access to the veloway.

For more detailed information about the controlled blasting of the escarpment please visit www.dpti.sa.gov.au/southern_expressway_duplication

June 21 - New bike lanes

New bike lanes will be installed on Old Port Rd, Main North Rd Mawson Lakes, Main North Rd near the Superdrome and Crittenden Rd between Findon and Grange Rds.

Read more here

The work is expected to be complete by the end of July 2012.

June 1, 2012

This email is to inform you of upcoming short-term closures to the veloway along the Southern Expressway. These closures are required for ETSA service relocation associated with the Southern Expressway duplication and are necessary to ensure public safety. The closures will affect the section of veloway between Majors Road and Lander Road. Detours will be put in place and will be marked with directional signage and detour maps. The detour route is approximately 1.6km longer than the existing 2.4m of closed veloway and utilises the road network along Majors Road, Adams Road, Heysen Drive and Lander Road.

The details of the short-term closures are as follows:

· Thursday 7th June 2012, from 7am to 7pm – the veloway will be closed between Majors Road and Lander Road. Although the Expressway will remain open at this time, the ETSA works will impact on the veloway only.

· Saturday and Sunday 16th and 17th June 2012: the veloway will be closed from 7am on the 16th and reopening late Sunday evening to allow for commuting traffic on the Monday morning (18th June). The Southern Expressway will also be closed to motorist traffic on the 16th and 17th June.

The Cycle Instead Journey Planner has been updated. Although the aforementioned short-term closures will not be updated on the Journey Planner (as they are only required for a short time), all longer term closures have been updated. Modifications have been made to the cycling network around the Southern Expressway duplication, where several bridges are closed and there are detours for the Patrick Jonker Bikeway and the Coast to Vines as a result. This includes path closures and temporary paths built. The Cycle Instead Journey Planner is a good way for users of the cycling network in the area to find the best way around closures, and it will be kept up to date with as the works progress in the area. http://maps.sa.gov.au/cycleinstead/

For more detail about cyclist and pedestrian detours please call the project information line 1300 626 097, or email dpti.southernexpressway@sa.gov.au Additional Project information can also be found at www.infrastrucutre.sa.gov.au