brenton burman, urs australia 11 march 2014

Integrating Transport & Land Use Planning

Major Road Projects Conference

March 2014

Adelaide’s North-South Transport Corridor

Presentation Title Adelaide’s North-South Corridor : Integrating Transport & Land Use Planning

Outline of Presentation

1. Adelaide’s development history

2. Historical Commitments to a North-South

Corridor

3. The Strategic Framework

4. Components of a North-South Corridor

5. Current Commitments/Priorities

6. Five Key Lessons


ADELAIDE’S DEVELOPMENT HISTORY

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1.

Presentation Title Adelaide’s North-South Corridor : Integrating Transport & Land Use Planning 4

Adelaide early 1900’s

•Focus on Adelaide CBD

and the Port of Adelaide

•Development around public

transport lines

- Railways

- Horse Tramways

•A series of ‘Villages’

- Mixed use

- Close to employment,

shopping, etc.


View north from Henley Beach Road (Queen of Angels Church)

South Road 1916


Adelaide 1924

Travel Time Zone Map


Adelaide 1958

•Adelaide’s growth still

confined

- Primarily below Grand Junction

Road and the southern hills

escarpment

•Growth in motor vehicle

ownership

•Growth in manufacturing

•Desire for greater home

ownership (single houses

on large blocks)


Adelaide 1958

•Trip distribution in 1958 was

still primarily CBD focussed

•Trams in Adelaide still

formed a network spanning

most of suburban Adelaide

•Key trip destinations

outside the CBD where to

the growing industrial/

manufacturing centres


•The Adelaide Metropolitan area now

stretches some 90 km

• From Gawler in the north

• To Aldinga in the south

• The population of Adelaide is now

approximately 1.3 million.

• The CBD is still a significant focus for

employment, retail, higher education and

entertainment

• Generally low density residential

development across the suburbs

• In 2012, Adelaide was ranked as

Australia’s most liveable city in the

Property Council of Australia’s My City

liveability survey.

• `

Adelaide 2014

State of Australian Cities 2013


•We are now experiencing greater

congestion on our roads (particularly

morning & evening peaks)

•Heavy reliance on car-based travel

• Limited public transport infrastructure

• Many outer suburban communities

are effectively transport

disadvantaged and highly vulnerable

to the effects of fuel prices

•There is no identifiable North-South

road corridor to service this

elongated city (or to efficiently

distribute freight)

Adelaide 2014


•We need a north-south arterial route

for freight movements within the

metropolitan area.

•Such a route would provide a

continuous link between the northern

and southern suburbs (and the CBD)

•The current road network services

commuters, business and industry,

carrying up to 88,000 vehicles per

day & 16% commercial traffic

•Traffic volumes are expected to

increase by up to 6% per annum up

to 2020

Why do we need a North-South Corridor ?


Why are we undertaking this study?

Port of Adelaide

Adelaide International

Airport

Considering the freight transport flows:

red interstate to/from Port of Adelaide

blue interstate to/from western sector

green between two key sectors

orange urban freight distribution

purple between western & southern sectors.

Why do we need a North-South Corridor ?

Adelaide CBD


HISTORICAL COMMITMENTS TO A NORTH-SOUTH CORRIDOR

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2.


1962 Development Plan


MATS Plan 1968

•98 kilometres of freeways

•34 kilometres of expressway

•Widening of 386 kilometres of

existing arterial roads

•New arterial roads

•A new bridge over the Port River

•20 rail grade separations

•Heavy rail improvements (including

a subway under King William

Street)

•The North-South Freeway was one

of them most important parts of the

MATS Plan


MATS Plan 1968

•The North-South Freeway was one

of them most important parts of the

MATS Plan


MATS Plan

Harbour Freeway, Los Angles USA


MATS Plan 1968

Hindmarsh Interchange


MATS Plan 1968

•Public reaction was significant

- Large scale property acquisition

- Demolition of significant areas of

heritage suburbs – particularly the

inner suburbs of Adelaide

•Pressure for a more ‘European type

city’ for Adelaide

- Higher density housing

- Stronger emphasis on public transport


THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK

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3.


• Prepared by SA Government in

February 2010

• Providing a vision & a

framework for Adelaide’s growth

over the next 30 years

• Adelaide’s population is

expected to increase to 2 million

within 30 years

30-Year Plan for Greater Adelaide



Key Initiatives of the Plan

• Promoting people and jobs in the

city centre

• major growth to the north of

Adelaide

• significant regeneration along

transport corridors and in the

north-western area of Adelaide

• A move toward more infill housing

over time

• Improving accessibility and

reducing car-dependence in the

suburbs


Key Aspect of the Plan

• Non-Stop North-South Road

Corridor for Greater Adelaide

• Linking:

• The CBD

• Adelaide Airport

• Major commercial, industrial &

employment hubs

• Major growth areas in Northern

Adelaide



The Integrated Transport & Land Use Planning Plan (ITLUP)

• First Integrated Transport & Land

Use Plan for South Australia,

released October 2013

• A Plan to ‘drive’ transport & land

use investment over the next 30

years to make:

• Businesses more competitive

• Our economy stronger

• Our lives safer, healthier & more

affordable

• The Integrated Transport and

Land Use Plan, outlines future

priorities for trams, buses, rail,

roads, ports and cycling

infrastructure.


Key Aspects

• Plan for the whole State

• Ensure transport solutions are

integrated with land use

(Planning Strategy)

• 30 year timeframe

• All transport modes and trip

types

• Consider investment,

operational and other solutions

• Infrastructure

• Traffic management

• Behaviour

• Regulation/legislation

• Environment

• Funding



Key Themes for Greater

Adelaide

• Support urban growth and

liveability

• Attractiveness of public

transport

• Reducing car dependence

• Managing the impact of traffic

(especially freight) on

communities

• Shared use of road space

• Support economic growth

• Connections between suburbs

• Link to land use changes



Plan for Greater Adelaide

• Highlights a well-targeted package of

investment in road infrastructure:

- North-South corridor

- Inner Ring Route

- Outer Ring Route

- Key intersection and road upgrades

• Plus significant investment in public

transport:

- Electrification of the passenger rail network

- Expansion of the tram network



COMPONENTS OF A NORTH-SOUTH CORRIDOR

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4.


2005 Commitment

2005, State Labor Government

commitment

“to creating a continuous North-

South non-stop road corridor

from Gawler to Aldinga (78 km

in length)”

The overall upgrade of the

North-South corridor needs to

be considered in its component

parts.


Recent North-South Corridor Projects

Northern Expressway

- 23 km new dual lane

freeway linking the Gawler

Bypass with Port Wakefield Road

- $564 million project

- Completed 2010



Northern Connector (Planning Study)

- Planning Study for new freight rail rile

& multi-lane motorway from Northern

Connector (Port Wakefield Road) to

South Road Superway

- Planning Study completed 2011

- Unfunded project



South Road Superway

- 2.4 km elevated road

(through industrial area)

- $842 million project

- Completed March 2014



South Road Planning Study

- Planning Study – 9 km from South

Road Superway to Gallipoli

Underpass

- Priority project – ‘Torrens to Torrens’

- Unfunded project



Gallipoli Underpass

- South Road underpass – under

Anzac Highway

- $117 million project (plus tram

overpass)

- Completed 2009



South Road (Southern) Planning Study

- Planning Study – from Gallipoli

Underpass to Southern Expressway

- Priority project – Darlington

- Original Darlington Study completed 2009

- Current study being undertaken

- Unfunded project



Southern Expressway Duplication

- 18.5 kilometre multi-lane two-way

expressway between Darlington

& Old Noarlunga

- $407.5 million project

- Completed mid-2014


CURRENT COMMITMENTS/ PRIORITIES

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5.


Current Commitments/Priorities

State Labor Government Priority

- ‘Torrens to Torrens’ project

- 3.7 km of South Road from the

Torrens Road to the River Torrens


Torrens to Torrens Project


Project Benefits

• Deliver the next stage of Adelaide's strategic non-stop north-

south corridor

• Improve freight and business transport efficiency for Adelaide

• Deliver between 40-60% reduction in travel times on this

section of South Road during peak periods

• Improve east-west travel on Grange and Port Roads

• Improve road safety

Likely Costs

• $850 million

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State Liberal (Opposition) Priority

- ‘Darlington’ project

- Grade separation of the Darlington

area (connecting to Southern

Expressway)



Commonwealth Government (Liberal)

- Supporting State Liberal in

prioritising ‘Darlington’ project first

- Commitment to completing whole of

South Road within 10 years


Today


FIVE KEY LESSONS

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The Torrens to Torrens project has

highlighted the complexities of upgrading

arterial roads in highly urbanised areas:

• Dealing with conflicting objectives between road

operation & surrounding land use

• Re-balancing the interests of local communities

with the wider community of road users

• Early & on-going community engagement to

understand impacts, risks & mitigation strategies

• Addressing social impacts:

- Relocation & disruption

- Community severance

- Loss of services & community facilities

through land acquisition

- Noise from the road

- Visual impacts

Lessons Learnt – Torrens to Torrens Project


1. Have a vision – Have a plan

2. Understand the politics

3. Funding is critical

4. Take a more integrated and ‘holistic’ approach

5. Consider the community

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Five Key Lessons


1. Have a Vision – Have a Plan

• Understand why you want to undertake a

major road project

• Clearly express the vision

• Develop the overall plan – it is not just

about the ‘road’

• Context is everything – solutions must be

developed to address the specific local

circumstances

• Stage the project – break it into component

parts

(you can’t generally do it all at once)

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Five Key Lessons


2. Understand the Politics

• Commonwealth – they control the

funding

• State – they ‘create & drive’ the

project

• Local Government – projects such

as this ‘divide’ communities – you

need to understand & clearly

articulate the costs & benefits

• Interest groups

• Local communities

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Five Key Lessons


3. Funding is Critical

• Consider at the outset how you will fund

such projects

• Understand the Benefit Cost Ratio

• Understand the Commonwealth’s role in

funding (and the future of Infrastructure

Australia)

• Consider alternative funding sources

(PPPs, Toll Roads, Shadow Tolls, etc.)

• Consider land value capture opportunities

• What is the cost if you don’t invest in the

infrastructure?

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Five Key Lessons


4. Take a more integrated and

‘holistic’ approach

• Considering transport, engineering &

land use issues at the outset – and

balancing such projects against

community impacts

• Working within different governance &

legislative frameworks

• Balance road transport improvements

with public transport improvements

• Being acutely aware of the social &

political acceptability of such projects

• Seeking to achieve long term positive

legacies

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Five Key Lessons



• Major urban road projects affect people

• Have a better understanding of existing

(and future) communities

• Considering both the ‘bigger picture’ &

the impacts of our decisions on ‘the

individual’

• Seek to minimise community impact &

disruption – both during & post

construction

• Seeking to achieve long term positive

legacies

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Five Key Lessons

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1. Have a vision – Have a plan

2. Understand the politics

3. Funding is critical

4. Take a more integrated and

‘holistic’ approach


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Summary – Five Key Lessons


Brenton Burman

Senior Principal Planner

URS Australia Pty Ltd

[email protected]

Acknowledgment: Maps & photographs courtesy of the Department of

Planning, Transport & Infrastructure, SA

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