Atmosphere
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Transport
An important contributor to poor air quality is passenger and particularly heavy
vehicle transport in the region. The Port Adelaide Enfield Council area
comprises significant state and regional transport routes used by heavy vehicles
(including Grand Junction Road, Main North Road and Victoria Road) and
several primary arterial roads as shown in Map 7 (page 79).
Significant economic development is occurring in Gillman, Wingfield, and on the
Lefevre Peninsula with an accompanying increase in commercial and heavy
vehicle traffic. Proposed upgrades to major northern and southern rail and road
connectors all link to the Port of Adelaide using Victoria Road as the primary
transport link to Outer Harbor.
While the increased use of rail freight will reduce road transport to some
degree, (and has benefits in reducing road vehicle pollution) there has also
been an increase in total road traffic flow along Victoria Road upon the
completion of the Port Adelaide River bridges since 2008.
The State Government’s policy and programs to ensure greater use of the rail
system to transport freight is positive, and the Lefevre Peninsula Master Plan
developed in 2009 by Defence SA attempted to provide a structure to support
the overall economic, social and environmental activities of the area by
appropriate planning and mitigation strategies. Since then however, there has
been significantly increased projected transport impacts in the area following
the Northern and Southern Connector projects now underway to connect the
State’s northern mining resources expansion to the Port of Adelaide( Outer
Harbour).
New residential development and re-development in Port Adelaide Enfield also
continues to be significant, and places further pressure on our transport
network. New residential subdivisions include Windsor Gardens, Gilles Plains,
Northgate, Walkley Heights, Westwood (Mansfield Park, Ferryden Park),
Osborne, and the Port Waterfront.
The Port Waterfront development is currently being renegotiated by the State
Government (2012), but It is projected that the redevelopment will result in over
2,000 new dwellings built over 10-15 years and attract some 4,000 new
residents (and their cars) to the Port (LMC 2011).
Increased population densities in the north east of the Adelaide metropolitan
area are placing greater pressure on the suburbs along North East Rd, both in
relation to accessibility and health.
