Louise Miller-Frost (Boothby, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Many, if not most, Boothby constituents will have experienced the car park that is South Road. It doesn't matter if it's rush hour, school pick-up or some other time of day; if you can get 25 kilometres an hour on South Road, Edwardstown, you're doing well. We've been anxiously awaiting the Torrens to Darlington stage of the North-South Corridor to fix this problem.

Last weekend we had a significant step forward. I joined Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Premier Peter Malinauskas, Minister Tom Koutsantonis, member for Adelaide Steve Georganas and state members Nadia Clancy and Jayne Stinson for the announcement of the awarding of the tender to a consortium led by the John Holland Group. In even better news, this tender will involve three tunnel-boring machines instead of two, meaning the northern and southern tunnels can be dug simultaneously—or faster.

This project will mean 21 sets of traffic lights bypassed, up to 40 minutes of travel time eliminated, six kilometres of tunnels, 5½ thousand jobs during construction and 90 per cent South Australian jobs content, with 20 per cent of jobs for apprentices and the long-term unemployed. This is a huge project in South Australia, due for completion in 2031. It will be transformative for Boothby residents, taking a lot of the commuter traffic off the local roads. It will make travel safer, faster and easier for South Australians.