Darlington Upgrade Project

The Darlington Upgrade Project is a $620 million upgradation project of the North-South Corridor Project in Adelaide, Australia. The project aims to upgrade the 3.3 km stretch of the existing portion of the Main South Road that is present in the suburbs of Darlington and the Bedford Park. The project will construct a lowered non-stop motorway passing underneath Flinders Drive, Sturt Road, Sutton Road, and Tonsley Boulevard. The expected outcomes of the project include enhancing the design principles and techniques used in the construction of the project, reducing travel time and operational costs of the vehicle, and reducing crash rates in the town.

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Background of the Project.....................................................................................................3
1.2 Problem Statement.................................................................................................................3
1.3 Aim and objectives................................................................................................................4
1.4 Solutions................................................................................................................................4
1.5 Expected Outcomes...............................................................................................................5
References........................................................................................................................................6

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1. Introduction
1.1 Background of the Project
The Darlington Upgrade Project has been up gradation project of North-South Corridor
Project. Adelaide North and South Corridor is situated between Old Noarlunga and Gawler
which connects industrial growth and residential growth areas in the north and the south that has
been providing opportunities for development in finance and economy. It has been one of the
most important transport corridors of Adelaide. It is considered to be one of the major routes for
the south bound and north bound traffic that runs between Old Noarlunga and Gawler covering a
distance of 78kms (Salih, Hird and Kenyon 2018). The Australian government has been looking
for upgrading the North-South Corridor with the South Australian government within $620
million of the Darlington Upgradation Project. The Government of Australia has given an
amount of $496 million and $124 has been contributed by the Government of South Australia
(Gibbons and Cowan 2018). The Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI)
have started to plan for enabling the citizens to travel between Anzac Highway and Sothern
Expressway without any stoppages in 2013. DPTI have identified one of the factors that are of
priority for the upgradation of the section between the Ayliffes Road and the Southern
Expressway. The project will be upgrading the 3.3 km stretch of the existing portion of the Main
South Road that is present in the suburbs of Darlington and the Bedford Park (Pointon, Gibbons
and Cowan 2018). A lowered non-stop motorway passing underneath Flinders Drive, Sturt Road,
Sutton Road and Tonsley Boulevard will be constructed. A fully free flow of traffic is expected
at Southern Expressway and needs to have ramps enabling access to the motorway and the south
road.

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1.2 Problem Statement
Major problems faced due to which project has been initiated has been related to the
social, economic and capacity issues. There have been issues in poor accessibility and increased
travel for passengers on the rod. The construction of the road has been undergoing that causes
increased travel time. The area around the outskirts of the Southern Adelaide has been
characterized by a few local and industrial employment scopes and there is limited access to the
various social opportunities. The current southern road network has low capacity and accidents
over road have been increased. This have been causing issues over the road for the general
individuals. There is 44km of motorway without stoppages on the North and the South Corridor
has been done (Parrott 2018). The new roads are linked with Port Wakefield Road and Gawler.
Traffic along these routes have been increasing at a rapid pace. This have been creating issues in
the transportation sector. Therefore, this Darlington Trade Upgrade project has been initiated.
1.3 Aim and objectives
The aim of the project is to upgrade the North-South Corridor in Australia.
Following are the objectives of the project:
 To provide access between the Southern Expressway and the northern part of the Tonsley
Boulevard
 Maintaining and enhancing the local access to that area.
 Improving safety and traffic efficiency.
 Encouraging and improving cycling, public transport and walking opportunities
 Providing certain opportunities for the urban, environmental and landscape
improvements.

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 Complimenting the culture and unique character of the Darlington precinct.
 Helping achieve the strategic policy outcomes and the objectives of the Australian and
the South Australian governments.
1.4 Solutions
This project will help in widening the road in Adelaide North-South Corridor. The
existing roadway is unable to handle the projected use of land and the growth in transport. There
has been increase in the number of vehicles. For this, new project has been started which will
help in widening the road. There will be construction of bridges and tunnels for increasing the
capacity to hold more number of vehicles. There will be construction of three underpass and one
bridge in the project.
1.5 Expected Outcomes
It is expected that this project will help in enhancing the design principles and techniques
used in the construction of the project of the North and the South Corridor. There have been
proper decision making system adopted in the construction with the help in enchanting type
design principles. The project has been cost effective and finished within deadline. It is expected
that the project will follow up its performance in the construction site. The project will collect
data and information from the traffic camera, civil transportation and engineering design skills
(Wong and Cowan2016). This will help in maintaining a keen approach in the up gradation
project. The project is expected to save costs for industry and makes use of thorough reduction
in the travel time and operational costs of the vehicle. It might be able to reduce the crash rates in
the town. IT might be able to stimulate a creation of the economic activity and the new activity
with the help of existing companies.

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References
Gibbons, P. and Cowan, S., 2018. Subgrade treatment design for expansive soils in adelaide
using australian standard as 2870–is this the right approach?. Australian geomechanics
journal, 53(1), pp.97-106.
Parrott, J., 2018, July. The Darlington Project–designing a modern marvel. In Australian Institute
of Traffic Planning and Management (AITPM) National Conference, 2018, Perth, Western
Australia, Australia.
Pointon, S., Gibbons, P. and Cowan, S., 2018. Design and construction of cost-effective 60o
revetment walls in unsaturated clay. In 13th Australia New Zealand conference on
Geomechanics (ANZ 2019). Australian Geomechanics, Perth Australia.
Salih, A., Hird, N. and Kenyon, J., 2018. Darlington upgrade project-pushing the boundaries in
bridge design. In Australian Structural Engineering Conference: ASEC 2018 (p. 26). Engineers
Australia.
Wong, S.T. and Cowan, S., 2016. Retaining wall design in expansive clay for the Darlington
Upgrade Project.