FAQ

The Heysen Boulevard is a key connector road that runs through the entire Mount Barker growth area (1,300 hectares) that was rezoned by the State Government in 2010.

Heysen Boulevard is a main arterial road that runs through the entire growth area that will connect residents directly to the freeway and is a designated public transport route.

The land was rezoned by State Government back in 2010 and the road is still only just over half constructed. There are numerous developers and/or landowners across the remaining sections which may be subject to change in the future.

Timing of these sections is unknown as they are subject to each individual developer and/or landowners timelines.

The road construction occurs in piecemeal fashion with each developer of a land parcel constructing their section of the road when they choose to develop their land. As such only about half of the road is finished with a series of no through roads waiting for the next section to be constructed.

Traffic cannot flow through the growth area as intended and is pushed onto local roads that were never intended to carry the loads now being experienced which creates safety issues and delays.

Because Heysen Boulevard is a series of dead ends:

• In times of emergency, response times are slower.
• The growth area is not serviced by public transport.
• A number of retail and commercial centres have not progressed meaning that significant employment creation hasn’t occurred.

State Government to provide cash flow to enable the remainder of the road to be constructed and the cost to be recovered from developers when they develop land that has directly benefitted from the road being constructed to ensure that all developers pay their share.

State Government and Council cost estimates are around $60 – 65 million.

The Council has been proactive is advocating to the State Government to display leadership and resolve the problem by providing cash flow.

Council has undertaken financial and employment generation modelling and provided this to the Premier and successive Transport Ministers.

So far, the State Government has not committed to a solution.

It is difficult to forecast but quite possibly some sections may not be constructed for another 10 or more years.

There are also a number  State Government arterial roads requiring improvement and are subject to DIT timing and scheduling.