Northern Expressway project reaches major milestone
Thursday, 30 July 2009
Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Anthony Albanese
and Premier Mike Rann at the opening of the Angle Vale
Interchange on the Northern Expressway
The Angle Vale Interchange – now open on the Northern
Expressway
South Australia’s biggest road project in 50 years, the Northern
Expressway, recently reached a major milestone with the Minister for
Infrastructure and Transport, Anthony Albanese, and the Premier of
South Australia, Mike Rann, granting traffic access at the completed
Angle Vale Interchange.
The Angle Vale Interchange will facilitate the safe traffic flow
at the major intersection of the Northern Expressway and Angle Vale
Road.
Once finished, the Northern Expressway will span 23 kilometres
linking the Sturt Highway with Port Wakefield Road.
To date 2,200 people have been inducted on site. The
project will also provide considerable economic benefits by
providing a new northern access route to the city of Adelaide.
The new road will also reduce travel time between Adelaide and
the Riverland and Barossa Regions by up to 20 minutes.
The Australian Government contributed $451.2 million to the
construction of the Northern Expressway and Port Wakefield Road
upgrade. The South Australian Government is contributing $112.8
million, taking total funding for the project to $564 million.
Construction on the Northern Expressway began in 2008 and is
expected to be completed by September 2010.
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