The O-Bahn City Access Project in South Australia has reached another milestone over the weekend with the realignment of East Terrace near Rymill Park.

In preparation for the next stage of the project, traffic travelling on East Terrace between Grenfell and Hutt Streets will be switched to a new section of road, to the west of the existing alignment.  

The O-Bahn City Access Project will create a 670metre tunnel linking priority bus lanes on Hackney Road and Grenfell Street to improve travel times and reliability for Adelaide’s busiest public transport network, as well as for traffic on the City Ring Route.

“Not only does the O-Bahn City Access Project represent a significant investment in building a stronger public transport network, it will provide enormous benefits to more than 79,000 road users who navigate this part of the Inner Ring Route and is creating valuable work for local businesses” said Hon Martin Hamilton-Smith, Minister for Small Business, Acting Minister for Transport and Infrastructure.

McConnell Dowell is delivering on its commitment to ensure that SMEs in South Australia share the benefits of this project. Approximately 450 jobs are expected to be created during construction of this project with completion scheduled for late 2017.

About the Project

The O-Bahn City Access Project will extend the O-Bahn system from the end of the busway at Gilberton into the cross-city priority (bus) lanes on Grenfell Street. The Project will include creation of centrally aligned priority bus lanes along Hackney Road and a dedicated bus tunnel from adjacent the National Wine Centre to near Grenfell Street, providing quicker, more reliable access for O-Bahn buses into the city and reducing traffic congestion and delays on the Inner Ring Route.

The new alignment will move East Terrace further west between Grenfell Street and Bartels Road, returning 710m2 of road reserve to Park Lands.