Construction of Adelaide’s Northern Connector expressway is set to start in January

Construction of Adelaide’s Northern Connector project will start early next year after financing was recently agreed between the federal and South Australia state governments. The federal government will pay for 80% - US$562 million - of the cost, with South Australia picking up the remaining 20% of the estimated US$702 million price tag. The road will not be a direct toll highway but the country’s first network fee expressway where trucks are charged on the basis of road use. The road is proposed
September 15, 2015 Read time: 2 mins
Construction of Adelaide’s Northern Connector project will start early next year after financing was recently agreed between the federal and South Australia state governments.

The federal government will pay for 80% - US$562 million - of the cost, with South Australia picking up the remaining 20% of the estimated US$702 million price tag.

The road will not be a direct toll highway but the country’s first network fee expressway where trucks are charged on the basis of road use.

The road is proposed to be built with three lanes in each direction and involve the construction of a major interchange at the Port River Expressway/North-South Motorway intersection.

It would also include a major diversion in the main ARTC interstate rail line, which would use the same corridor between Dry Creek, South Australia and Taylors Road at Waterloo Corner. Cost for this diversion is not included in the cost for constructing the highway.

Abbott said the expressway would benefit 50,000 motorists each day.
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