State Budget 2018: What’s been announced for each part of Adelaide suburbs

SEE what this year’s State Budget has in store for your local area – whether you live in the city, north, east, west or south.

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OVERVIEW

Colin James

HOSPITALS, roads, sports grounds, schools and parks are the main suburban beneficiaries in the State Budget while TAFE campuses and Service SA centres are among the biggest casualties.

Long-awaited upgrades to Modbury Hospital, Noarlunga Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital will proceed while two new schools are to be fast-tracked at Munno Para and Aldinga under a $261 million program announced by the previous Labor government.

TAFE campuses at Tea Tree Gully, Port Adelaide, Urrbrae and Parafield will close and be offered for redevelopment, as will Service SA centres at Mitcham, Prospect and Modbury.

Also earmarked for closure are government offices established by the Weatherill government to distribute grants and stimulate economic development in the northern and southern suburbs.

Sporting grounds across metropolitan Adelaide will receive $71.9 million over the next three years to upgrade or develop new facilities, including $19 million for a new soccer complex at the State Sports Park at Gepps Cross.

Funding also has been provided to upgrade the Adelaide Superdrome at Gepps Cross, Women’s Memorial Playing Fields at St Mary’s, Brighton Oval, Campbelltown City Soccer Club, Tea Tree Gully Sports Hub and Henley Sharks Football Club.

Several major road projects have been funded including the Mitcham Hills road corridor, Main South Rd duplication from Seaford to Aldinga, the Reynella exit on the Southern Expressway and Fosters Rd upgrade.

Public transport will receive $615 million for the electrification of the Gawler railway line, $18.5 million for park and rides at Paradise and Golden Grove and $250,000 to develop a transportation plan for Tonsley.

The Riverbank Authority has been wound up.

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CITY

Simeon Thomas-Wilson

DESPITE regional areas getting the bulk of the spend, the Adelaide CBD still got some love from the State Government in the budget.

On top of a five-year $476.2 million spend for the former Royal Adelaide Hospital on North Tce, and the pre-election promise of $37 million for a right-hand tram turn on to King William St included, the budget included a number of new initiatives for the city.

This includes;

A $3.7 million upgradeof the City South tram stop on King William St near Halifax and Sturt Streets,

A $7.9 millionrenewal of tram tracks between Victoria Square and South Tce,

Undertaking a $600,000 business case to examine expanding city tram services,

Redeveloping the Chinatown mall, providing $500,000to the Adelaide City Council in 2019-20,

Examining the creation of a Adelaide Museum of South Australia’s history,

Providing $100,000 a year for four years to reduce the total build and removal time of the Adelaide 500 Grandstand by one week.

But the Budget did have some tough love for the CBD, after years of love by the previous government.

The Riverbank Authority has been wound up, saving $3.2 million over the forward estimates while the State Government will also wind back on contributing to Carbon Neutral Adelaide.

NORTH

Colin James

THE electrification of the Gawler railway line is the big ticket item in the State Budget, with $615 million secured in state and federal funding.

Other public transport spending includes $18.5 million for expanding park and rides at Paradise and Golden Grove and $679,000 over four years for a new bus service to Gulfview Heights.

Several road projects will begin, including upgrading Fosters Rd, Oakden and installing traffic lights at Graves St and Newton Rd, Newton and Turner St and OG Rd, Felixstow.

Education had mixed fortunes, with the closure of TAFE campuses at Parafield and Modbury while a new state school catering for 1600 students will be built at Munno Para in a public-private partnership.

The TAFE campuses will be offered for redevelopment, with Treasurer Rob Lucas highlighting how the Tea Tree Gully site had become the base for Datacom, a New Zealand-owned company operating the Home Affairs Department service centre.

“There already have been opportunities for redevelopment, with Datacom employing hundreds of people at the Tea Tree Gully TAFE campus,” he said.

Mr Lucas announced the Service SA centre at Modbury also would close to help achieve targeted savings. Also closed was the previous Labor government’s Northern Connections Office, which was costing $500,000 a year.

While Modbury lost its TAFE, Service SA centre and funding for an expanded park and ride at the O-Bahn interchange, it did receive $23 million to establish a four-bed high dependency unit at Modbury Hosptial.

Health Minister Stephen Wade said the new unit would ease pressure on the hospital’s emergency department and the Lyell McEwin Hospital.

“The HDU will make more procedures possible at Modbury Hospital and reduce the need for ambulance transfers,” he said.

Sport was a big winner in the Budget, with $19 million set aside to develop a new state centre for football at the State Sports Park at Gepps Cross.

The complex will feature a 5000-seat stadium, four artificial pitches, an indoor futsal facility and outdoor courts.

The neighbouring Adelaide Superdrome will receive a $9.8 million upgrade while Campbelltown City Soccer got $1.5 million for an artificial pitch and SA Netball Association got $300,000 for a carpark at Golden Grove.

EAST/MITCHAM HILLS

Caleb Bond

THE blue-chip east has been thrown few bones in this budget – bar an extra $2.9 million to complete upgrades to the Waterfall Gully walking trail. It would be in addition to $2.3 million allocated last year.

Motorists could also be able to turn left at red lights at Glynburn and Kensington roads, Leabrook, under $80,000 to improve intersections across Adelaide.

Further afield in the Mitcham district, the TAFE campus at Urrbrae and the Mitcham Service SA centre would close.

A total $16.5 million would be spent on improving roads and traffic in the Mitcham hills.

It would include safety changes at the intersection of Russell St and Main Rd, Belair ¬– used primarily by commuters driving to Blackwood from Old Belair Rd.

Improvements would be made to congestion and ease of use at the intersection of Waite St and Brighton Parade, Blackwood, which requires motorists to cross the busy Shepherds Hill Rd, as well as more lighting between the hills and plains.

The government would work with Mitcham Council to improve safety on Coromandel Parade and to do with parking in Blackwood.

Other funding – as promised at the election – included $60,000 for a public toilet at CC Hood Reserve, Panorama, and grants for Kingswood Oval, the Wirraparinga Loop Trail and Women’s Memorial Playing Fields at St Marys.

An extra $2.9 million has been allocated to upgrade the Waterfall Gully walking trail.

SOUTH

Celeste Villani

A NEW super school that will accommodate almost 1700 children will open in Aldinga by the start of the 2022 school year to support the area’s growing population and demand for public education.

The State Government announced in its budget today it will fast-track a $261 million plan to build two new birth to Year 12 schools, the other in Munno Para, as part of a Public Private Partnership.

Each school will have space for 1500 students, 100 special school students and a 75-place children’s centre.

Education Minister John Gardner wanted both schools completed by the end of 2021 to ensure they would open by the start of term one the following year.

“The Marshall Government is delighted to be able to accelerate the planning and building process for these two new state-of-the-art schools in Adelaide’s northern and southern suburbs, to support the growing number of young families in those areas who want to send their children to a public school,’’ Mr Gardner said.

“Provision has been made in the 2018/19 State Budget for the works, and we will be seeking private sector expressions of interest in early September.”

Investigations in to building a new school in the south started in July 2016.

It is understood the last public school built in the Onkaparinga district was Seaford Rise Primary School in 1995.

Noarlunga Hospital will receive $14.5 million, over four years, for a 12-bed acute medical ward to “treat and admit a wider range of patients with more diverse and complex needs”.

The hospital, which currently has 82 public and 26 beds, was one of the hospitals affected by the Transforming Health reforms.

However, there was no funding allocated for a new women’s and children’s health hub at the hospital – a promise Health Minster Stephen Wade made in the lead up to the election.

The State Government will spend $12.9 million, over four years, on a new police staffing model at metropolitan police stations, which will allow for extended hours at Glenelg Police Station.

At least $15.4 million will be spent on the Southern Expressway, which includes safety screens on 10 bridges, 12 CCTV cameras and $200,000 in 2018/19 for LED line marking at the Reynella exit.

Other big ticket items include

· $305 million, over five years, to duplicate Main South Rd from Seaford to Aldinga.

· $5.2 million to create a right turn from Candy Rd on to Main South Rd in 2019/20.

· $250,000 to investigate increasing public transport access for residents on the Tonsley line, which includes consultation on options to build a new Tonsley train station.

· $1.3 million to support Onkaparinga and Marion councils to construct the Sam Willoughby International BMX Track.

· $500,000 for McLaren Vale Hospital to install solar panels and upgrade hospital infrastructure.

· $20 million for the Glenelg Jetty redevelopment to bring tourism and retail opportunities to the area.

· $200,000 for a study about accessing the Southern Expressway from Majors Rd, which will benefit residents in Hallett Cove and Shiedow Park and other nearby suburbs.

· $6.4 million for the widening of Flagstaff Rd. A fourth lane will be constructed to make it a permanent two-way dual carriage.

· $1.3 million towards a nature playground at Wilfred Taylor Reserve.

WEST

Ashleigh Pisani

NEARLY $10 million will be spent to maintain cardiac services at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital over the next four years.

The Liberal Government has honored its election commitment to invest in the cardiac unit, which resumed offering round-the-clock cardiac care in June, in the State Budget.

The former Labor Government’s controversial Transforming Health policy initially planned to transfer cardiac services to the RAH until public criticism resulted in it backflipping.

The State Government will spend $2.4 million each year to maintain 15 cardiac inpatient beds ­- expected to rise to 20 with demand ­- and ensuring the unit has the capacity to deal with cardiac emergencies.

It will also replace the equipment in the main cardiac catheterisation laboratory and increase the number of staff on the ward as well as complete the third stage of the hospital’s revamp at a cost of $277 million.

Minister for Health and Wellbeing Stephen Wade said the investment would ensure accessible, quality health services for residents in Adelaide’s west.

“As a consequence of our commitment to hospital services, the 2018-19 State Budget invests $9.9 million over four years to strengthen the cardiac centre at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (TQEH),’’ Mr Wade said

“Western Adelaide is an epicentre of heart disease in South Australia and yet the former Labor government downgraded cardiac services at the TQEH.”

The State Government will also spend $12.9 million over four years on a new police staffing model allowing the Henley Beach police station to extend its hours and $5.2 million over three years to protect the coastline including $1 million to investigate sand retention and a further $1 million to establish wetlands and stormwater harvesting schemes around Gulf St Vincent.

Some western suburbs’ sporting clubs will also benefit with the State Government spending $5.6 million to buy the North Haven boat ramp, including its carpark, breakwater and related land from the Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia.

$2 million will be spent to upgrade the Athletics SA stadium at Mile End, the Henley Sharks Football Club will receive a $500,000 revamp and $190,000 will go to the Lakes Sport and Community Club.

However, the Port Adelaide TAFE campus will be closed down (along with Tea Tree Gully, Urrbrae, Parafield, Wudinna, Roxby Downs and Coober Pedy campuses) which combined will save the State Government $38 million over four years.