Tag: roads

Road costs fall on councils

Member for Barker and Shadow Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Tony Pasin is encouraging all local councils to make a submission to the...

Expanded powers for councils to deal with nuisance noise and light

Local councils now have powers to deal with nuisances in their communities caused by light or nuisance noise from refrigerated vehicles under new regulations...

Tech takes road network checks to new depths

Astate of the art vehicle is soon to assess the quality of sealed road surfaces across the MacKillop electorate.
Local MP Nick McBride directed a...

Road safety work starts along transport route

Works are continuing as part of the ongoing effort to improve road safety and freight productivity on the Princes Highway, with upgrades to two...

Fire sparks farm machinery damage

Fire caused an estimated $80,000 damage to farm machinery on a Maaoupe property last week. CFS crews and farm fire units were called to a...

Roadwork ‘failure’

Member for Barker Tony Pasin has slammed the State Government over what he claims are “botched works” undertaken on the Southern Ports Highway between...

Problem road defects patched

Repairs costing almost $500,000 have recently been undertaken on the road surface of the Southern Ports Highway between Millicent and Beachport. The State Government’s Department...

Talks held to secure land for passing lanes

Aportion of prime grazing and cropping land at Hatherleigh could be lost if moves to create passing lanes proceed. According to Rural Roads Minister Geoff...

Roads to ruin

Member for Mount Gambier Troy Bell has called on the State Government to increase its road maintenance in the Limestone Coast following a surge...

Fatal crash

Major Crash are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal crash at OB Flat. Just before 7am on Tuesday, police and emergency services were called to...

Road frustration

Akey lobby group has strongly criticised the condition of the Southern Ports Highway between Millicent and Beachport, describing it as the most complained about...

Deadly crash case reaches youth court

Legal matters involving a Millicent youth accused of causing the death of three members of a prominent Millicent family by dangerous driving in 2020...

Region’s risky roads named

Two busy Limestone Coast roads have been voted as some of the riskiest roads in the state. More than 2100 road users completed the RAA’s...

Penola students make their mark

Penola’s town entrance statements have been given some attention from local school students. Wattle Range Council is currently landscaping the town entrance statements which have...

Crash halts traffic

The Dukes Highway was blocked for hours on Tuesday following a truck crash near Coonalpyn. Just before 2am emergency services were called to the scene...