Powerbrokers of Adelaide’s City of Burnside Council are attending the Australian Local Government’s AGM in Canberra in an attempt to reinstate federal funding for the Greater Adelaide Freight Bypass (GAFB).
Adelaide is the only capital city in Australia where the NHVR’s major arterial route runs through residential suburbs. The City of Burnside states it is in favour of reducing the number of heavy vehicles on Portrush and Glen Osmond roads via the construction of the GAFB.
An increase in freight productivity, improved traffic flow, reduced noise and pollution and improved road safety have been cited as key reasons to progress with the GAFB project.
CEO Chris Cowley and Mayor Anne Monceaux have made the trip to Canberra to plead the case to the federal government to have funding to the project reinstated.
2018 National Freight Data Hub statistics state an average of 2404 vehicles travel on Portrush Road and Glen Ormond Road each day.
The federal government pulled $400 million of funding to the project in late 2023. At the time Infrastructure and Transport Minister Catherine King said the funding cuts came as a result of focusing on projects that would “improve productivity and take pressure off inflation.”
The City of Burnside is located roughly 7.5km east of Adelaide’s city centre.
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