CEO Chris Cowley and Mayor Anne Monceaux are attending the 2024 Australian Local Government Association’s National General Assembly in Canberra, and will use this opportunity to lobby on behalf of Council in support of reinstating federal funding for the Greater Adelaide Freight Bypass (GAFB).
The City of Burnside is in favour of a reduction in the volume of heavy vehicles on Portrush and Glen Osmond Roads via the GAFB, which will have a range of benefits including an increase in freight productivity, a reduction in damage and injuries as a result of traffic collisions, improved traffic flow, a reduction in noise and pollution and much more.
Adelaide is the only capital city in Australia where the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator’s heavy vehicle network, the major arterial route, runs through the residential suburbs of a city – past schools, preschools, residential homes, aged care homes and churches, all places where children and vulnerable residents are present.
National Freight Data Hub statistics from 2018 reveal that an average of 2,404 heavy vehicles travel on Portrush Road and Glen Osmond Road each day, while 273 people have lost their lives or were seriously injured as a result of a road crash on Portrush Road, Glen Osmond Road and the South Eastern Freeway within the City of Burnside boundary.
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