{"id":17830,"date":"2024-03-06T15:38:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T05:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/?p=115536"},"modified":"2024-03-06T15:38:04","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T05:38:04","slug":"car-lobby-calls-for-expansion-to-adelaides-rail-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=17830","title":{"rendered":"Car lobby calls for expansion to Adelaide\u2019s rail network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>As South Australia\u2019s population climbs towards 2 million, Royal Automobile Association of South Australia (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.raa.com.au\/\">RAA<\/a>) is calling for a massive expansion of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/sa-government-firm-on-ending-train-network-privatisation\/\">Adelaide rail network<\/a> and utilities infrastructure to meet the growing demand.\u00a0<\/strong><span id=\"more-115536\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The RAA welcomed the State Government\u2019s release of significant parcels of land to build almost 25,000 new homes to help address the housing and affordability crisis.<\/p>\n<p>According to Plan SA \u2013 a state government department \u2013 the state\u2019s population could reach 2 million as soon as 2029.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last 12 months, the State Government has released enough land to build almost 25,000 new homes.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed new developments, coupled with existing developments like Riverlea, will house approximately 100,000 more people \u2013 from Sellicks Beach down south through to Concordia in the north.<\/p>\n<p>To cater for this housing and population boom, the RAA would like to see:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"has-normal-font-size\">\n<li>An expansion of the metropolitan rail network, including:<br \/>\n\u2013\u00a0\u00a0An extension of the Seaford line to Aldinga by 2030,<br \/>\n\u2013\u00a0 An extension of the Gawler line to Concordia,<br \/>\n\u2013\u00a0 A rail line or high-capacity bus service to cater for people living in the Dry Creek\u00a0and Riverlea developments.<\/li>\n<li>Concurrent road infrastructure planning,<\/li>\n<li>Concurrent utilities infrastructure planning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chief Executive Officer Nick Reade said RAA was supportive of the State Government\u2019s moves to release more land for housing to make it easier for South Australians to get into a home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think the State Government is absolutely on the right path by releasing more land for housing into the market \u2013 especially as our population climbs towards 2 million,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re pleased to see alignment between government and industry, supporting housing and population growth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHousing developments can\u2019t outstrip infrastructure and utility investment \u2013 otherwise we\u2019re doomed to repeat the mistakes we\u2019ve seen in Mount Barker where infrastructure is playing catch-up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat means everything from roads and rail, through to water and electricity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndustry are telling us the funding and construction of water infrastructure is a big concern that may stall development, particularly for the greenfield sites.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reade said the major housing developments either in planning or underway would see around 100,000 more people living in areas like Dry Creek, Riverlea, Concordia, Sellicks Beach and West Lakes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, in some of these areas which are greenfield sites there\u2019s no suitable public transport or road infrastructure at all.,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want to see a situation in the future \u2013 like at Mount Barker \u2013 where roads, public transport and utilities are playing catch-up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat puts more pressure on our road network, increases congestion and impacts the liveability of Adelaide \u2013 something we should never compromise on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRAA would like to see an expansion of the rail network to service some of the new developments that have been proposed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/car-lobby-calls-for-expansion-to-adelaides-rail-network\/\">Car lobby calls for expansion to Adelaide&#8217;s rail network<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/\">Rail Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As South Australia\u2019s population climbs towards 2 million, Royal Automobile Association of South Australia (RAA) is calling for a massive \u2026 <\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/car-lobby-calls-for-expansion-to-adelaides-rail-network\/\">Car lobby calls for expansion to Adelaide\u2019s rail network<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/\">Rail Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5784,163],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lobby-groups","category-rail-industry-news-australia-new-zealand"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17830"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17833,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17830\/revisions\/17833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}