A smoother and safer South Road

Monday, 13 January 2025

Approximately 7.5 kilometres of safer and smoother road surface has been delivered in both directions along South Road.

Resurfacing on the last remaining sections of works between Norrie Avenue and Rothesay Avenue, St Marys and Glengarry Avenue and Cowper Road, Black Forest have been completed.

Additional resurfacing works were also undertaken on an approximately 400-metre stretch of South Road between Glengarry Avenue and Aroha Terrace, Glandore, just before the South Road tramline.

Some minor finishing works are being undertaken in the coming days and some speed and lane restrictions may be in place during these works.

This final piece of works completes more than five kilometres of road resurfacing on the southern end of South Road between Lloyd Street, St Marys and Aroha Terrace, Glandore.

The resurfacing of a 2.4 kilometre section between James Congdon Drive, Mile End South and Ashwin Parade, Thebarton at the northern end of South Road was completed in September 2024.

The $26 million resurfacing program, which involved removing the existing pavement and replacing it with new asphalt, has ensured the long-term safety and integrity of the road surface ahead of the highly-anticipated start of major River Torrens to Darlington works.

Nearly 2 million recycled glass bottles and just under 13,000 tonnes of recycled asphalt pavement were diverted from landfill to form sustainably-sourced asphalt as part of the South Road resurfacing program.

This use of sustainable asphalt has helped lower the carbon footprint for the T2D Project.

The resurfaced sections of South Road are above where the T2D tunnels will be and are used by more than 50,000 vehicles per day.

The South Road resurfacing works program commenced in April 2023, and is delivered as part of the $15.4 billion T2D Project, which is jointly funded by the Australian and South Australian governments.