Marginal Boothby and Sturt promised million-dollar projects in federal election sweeteners

Multimillion-dollar promises are being thrown at voters living in the state’s two most marginal seats. Read what they’ll get.

Sturt Liberal James Stevens has promised funding to get trucks off Portrush Road. Picture: Facebook

Voters living in mainly leafy Adelaide suburbs are already federal election winners after winning multimillion-dollar promises for fixed roads, renovated clubs, parks and new medical clinics.

The two electorates most tightly held by the Liberal Party’s James Stevens in Sturt and the Labor Party’s Louise Miller-Frost in Boothby have seen a swath of promises announced during the election campaign.

Liberal Nicolle Flint has spruiked more than $95m in new funding for yacht clubs, sporting clubs, gymnastics and roadworks in her fight to win Boothby – including a joint commitment with Mr Stevens for $840m toward creating a greater Adelaide Freight bypass.

“We will invest $10m in the first step towards removing the Main Road (train) level crossings at Blackwood and Glenalta stations,” she said on Facebook.

Nicolle Flint (R) at Seacliff Tennis Club. Picture: Facebook Caption: Louise

“An elected Dutton Liberal Government will invest $20 million towards building brand new purpose-built facilities for Gymnastics SA.”

Sturt Labor candidate Claire Clutterham – who is trying to wrestle Sturt from Mr Stevens with his ultra-slim 0.5 per cent majority – said funds for a Medicare Urgent Clinic in eastern Adelaide and a Medicare Mental Health Clinic in Burnside was among her list.

“I’ve also worked hard to ensure we can continue to build thriving communities, including with commitments to upgrade sports clubs and multicultural group facilities,” she said.

Louise Miller-Frost, Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Sturt Labor candidate Claire Clutterham campaigning in Sturt. Picture: Facebook

“For example, last month the Prime Minister and I visited Nonna’s Cucina in Holden Hill and announced a re-elected Labor Government will invest nearly $100,000 in to ensure it can keep supplying vulnerable and elderly people with home cooked meals.”

She and Ms Miller-Frost have also spruiked the Labor government adding $525m to the last federal budget to help get trucks off Portrush Road and Cross Roads.

Sturt Labor promises:

$3 million for a new pitch and upgraded lights the Steve Woodcock Sports Centre, Campbelltown City Soccer Club

$1.875 million for new fitness equipment and lighting, and upgraded walking trails between OG and Darley Roads in Linear Park

$1.5 million to rebuild Foxfield Hall in Athelstone

$310,000 for new women’s changing rooms at Norwood Football Club

$95,000 to help Nonna’s Cucina finish their move to Holden Hill

$83,000 new kitchen facilities at the Sicilia Club

$54,000 new ovens at Altavilla Club

$50,000 to support the 70th Anniversary of the Montevergine Festival

Medicare Urgent Care Clinic in eastern Adelaide

Medicare Mental Health Clinic in Burnside area

Sturt Liberal promises

$10m Linear Park Connection Project

$350,000 Payneham Norwood Union Football Club lighting

$310,000 for new women’s changing rooms at Norwood Football Club

$3m Campbelltown Soccer Club pitch and lighting

$3m Ridge Park Junior Sport Hub

$50,000 to support the 70th Anniversary of the Montevergine Festival

$3m Geoff Heath Lochiel Park Par 3 Complex

$750,000 Campbelltown Tennis and Netball Club clubrooms

Establish a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic in Sturt

$750,000 Rostrevor Tennis Club Clubrooms

Boothby Liberal promises:

$2m Bulls Baseball

$500,000 Seacliff Recreation Centre

$112,000 Blackwood Memorial Hall

$3.1m new Blackwood CFS station

$175,000 Seacliff tennis

$500,000 Morphetville tennis

$5m Plympton sports football

$2m cricket Goodwood Oval

$118,657 Kenilworth (St Marys) football

$150,000 Blackwood football

$175,000 Brighton Seacliff Yacht Club

$500,000 Blackwood Recreation Centre

$3.5m Glenelg-Seaview Downs football

$3.5m Sturt/Urrbrae High football

$500,000 Surf Lifesaving Club Seacliff

$500,000 Surf Lifesaving Club Brighton

$500,000 Surf Lifesaving Club Glenelg

$500,000 Surf Lifesaving Club Somerton Park

$20m Gymnastics SA

$6m Beach Volleyball World Championships

$7.5m Main Road/Laffers Road

$7.5m Waite Road/Cross Road

$40m Marion Road/Sturt Road

Boothby Labor promises:

Boothby Flinders HealthCARE Centre – $150m (matched by Flinders Uni)

Medicare Mental Health Centre

$500,000 Blackwood Rec Centre

$3.5m Sturt/Urrbrae High School

$3.5m Glenelg/Seacliff High

$500,000 Seacliff Surf Life Saving Club

$500,000 Glenelg SLSC

$500,000 Brighton SLSC

$500,000 Somerton SLSC

$750,000 Sturt River Revitalisation

$800,000 Blackwood RSL upgrade and relocation

Originally published as Marginal Boothby and Sturt promised million-dollar projects in federal election sweeteners