It’s a case of better late than never for truckies and their promised $3.8 million heavy vehicle rest area at Salt Creek in South Australia with work finally expected to start on the Princes Highway site next week.
This time last year SA’s Shadow Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Tony Pasin, claimed proposed new SA sites under the $140m Heavy Vehicle Rest Area Initiative were either not mentioned at all in last year’s state budget, or had only received partial funding, and would be behind schedule.
At the time Transport and Infrastructure Minister Tom Koutsantonis told Big Rigs Pasin’s “amateur sleuthing” was misguided and Salt Creek would start at the beginning of 2025 and be completed in the first half of the year.
The $3.8 million project is jointly funded by the Australian and South Australian governments. Image: DITWork, however, is now set to start on Monday, August 4, and be completed by December, weather permitting, the Department of Infrastructure and Transport confirmed this week.
The Salt Creek Heavy Vehicle Rest Area will include:
Five heavy vehicle parking bays within the new rest area
A unisex toilet block
A metal shade structure
Speed and lane restrictions will be in place on Princes Highway throughout the work area for the duration of works which will take place between 7am and 6pm, Monday to Friday.
Speed and lane restrictions will be in place throughout the work area for the duration of works. Image: DITOutside of working hours speed restrictions will remain in place until all works, including line marking, are complete in late 2025.
The $3.8 million project is jointly funded by the Australian (80 per cent) and South Australian (20 per cent) governments.
Two parking bays were also planned for the Barrier Highway at Winnininnie and Bindarrah totalling $2.121 million and were due to be completed in January 2026.
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