Business Chief APAC+ANZ Magazine September 2016 | Page 109

CONSTRUCTION

R oad improvement projects can offer more than just a smoother road surface or reduced travel times to a local community . For the people of South Australia , the Torrens Road to River Torrens Project will bring social and economic — as well as logistical — benefits .

In 2015 , the T2T Alliance , a consortium comprised of construction companies CPB and York Civil , consulting engineers Aurecon Australia and South Australia ’ s Department of Planning , Transport and Infrastructure , broke ground on the originally-proposed project for a 3km non-stop roadway north of Adelaide . The scope of the project included 2km of lowered motorway ; three lanes in each direction from South of Torrens Road to North of Ashwin Parade ; parallel surface roads ; two lanes in each direction , each side of the lowered motorway ; improved cycling and pedestrian facilities and landscaping
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