{"id":15312,"date":"2022-03-07T08:25:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T08:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=15312"},"modified":"2022-03-07T08:25:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T08:25:37","slug":"labor-to-deliver-southern-expressway-on-off-ramps-at-majors-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/03\/07\/labor-to-deliver-southern-expressway-on-off-ramps-at-majors-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor to Deliver Southern Expressway On\/Off Ramps at Majors Road"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An Albanese Labor Government and Malinauskas Labor Government will together deliver new on\/off ramps for the Southern Expressway at Majors Road.<br>\u00a0<br>With $60m coming from an Albanese Labor Government and $60m from a Malinauskas Labor Government, this $120m project will mean working families across Adelaide\u2019s south can more easily quickly get to work, get home, get to the shops and get to weekend sport.<br>\u00a0<br>The investment will allow residents in Southern Adelaide to finally access the Southern Expressway, easing congestion on other arterial roads, particularly Brighton Road.<br>\u00a0<br>Residents of Southern Adelaide have been campaigning for these ramps to be constructed for years, yet they have been repeatedly ignored by the Morrison-Joyce and Marshall Governments.<br>\u00a0<br>Without these ramps, families in Hallett Cove, Sheidow Park, Trott Park and O\u2019Halloran Hill are unable to access the Southern Expressway, the Darlington upgrade\u00a0and the\u00a0future non-stop north-south corridor, forced instead to head down the already busy Brighton Road.<br>\u00a0<br>It\u2019s left coastal residents in Marino, Seacliff, Brighton, Hove, Somerton Park and Glenelg forced to sit in increased congestion, with motorists left with no alternative route to the city.<br>\u00a0<br>In addition, Labor will upgrade Brighton Road intersections at Brighton Road\/Wattle Street\/Dunrobin Road and Brighton Road\/Edwards Street and upgrade signalling on the Seaford rail line to optimise train operations, reduce delays from speed limitations and closure of at-grade crossings.<br>\u00a0<br>These additional investments totalling $40 million will further address congestion on Brighton road, helping residents get home faster and safer.<br>\u00a0<br>Scott Morrison and Steven Marshall have failed to deliver for locals across Southern Adelaide, forcing working families to spend more time stuck in traffic and less time at home.<br>\u00a0<br>These projects will ease congestion, give Brighton Road back to locals and deliver a better life to commuters across Adelaide\u2019s south.<br>\u00a0<br>Only an Albanese Labor Government and Malinauskas Labor Government will deliver real action to ease congestion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Albanese Labor Government and Malinauskas Labor Government will together deliver new on\/off ramps for the Southern Expressway at Majors Road.\u00a0With $60m coming from an Albanese Labor Government and $60m from a Malinauskas Labor Government, this $120m project will mean working families across Adelaide\u2019s south can more easily quickly get to work, get home, get &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/03\/07\/labor-to-deliver-southern-expressway-on-off-ramps-at-majors-road\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Labor to Deliver Southern Expressway On\/Off Ramps at Majors Road&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15312"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15313,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15312\/revisions\/15313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}