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Local Member of Parliament, Mr Tony Piccolo has welcomed the commencement of work on the Gawler East Link Road.
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Local MP Tony Piccolo concerned that no start date has been set for Tulloch Road upgrade despite funding approved almost 12 months ago by the previous State Labor Government.
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Coleman Parade residents will have to travel north to go south [to Gawler Green Shopping Centre] under a Gawler Council approved DPTI plan for the Gawler East Link Road
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Local MP Tony Piccolo concerned the lack of a roundabout at the intersection of Coleman Parade and Potts Road will have a negative impact on residents in the area.
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Local MP Tony Piccolo discussing traffic management plans with Gawler & District college Principal, Mr Andrew Dickinson
The budget review reference can be accessed at https://service.sa.gov.au/cdn/statebudget/mybr201718/2017-18_mid-year_budget_review.pdf on page 36.
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Despite recent calls by the Liberal Party, the Gawler Council selected the route for the Gawler East Link Road originally outlined by the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure last Tuesday.
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Local Member of Parliament Mr Tony Piccolo has welcomed the decision of the Gawler Council to confirm finally the alignment of the Gawler East Link Road.
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The Gawler community has won its battle to have the Gawler Green Shopping Centre intersection substantially upgraded, with a decision by the State Government to allocate $4 million to the project.
The decision has been welcomed by local Member of Parliament, Mr Tony Piccolo, who has co-ordinated a long campaign with local traders, residents and the Gawler & District College community to have the Tulloch/Main North Roads intersection upgraded.
Mr Piccolo said the strong campaign by the whole Gawler community has led to this fantastic decision.
“We did it!” Mr Piccolo said.
“The entire community contributed to this campaign which involved paper and online petitions, door knocking and letter boxing local residents by volunteers.
“Local people have been gathering support throughout the campaign by telephoning other local residents, visits to the Centre, and publicising the petition through social media.
“On top of the community campaigning, there have been countless meetings with Ministers and State Government officials.
“We left no stone unturned, to ensure we got the message across to the State Government of how important the upgrade of this intersection is.
“The social media campaign was particularly successful with almost 60,000 people viewing the petition through Facebook and entries on our website.
“Thousands have signed up to the petition.
“The response by the community to the campaign has been just wonderful.
“As a community we can proud of what we have achieved together,” he said.
The campaign intensified significantly in recent months when the intersection did not receive funding in the 2017/18 State Budget.
Mr Piccolo said he started agitating for improvement back in early 2014 when he commenced receiving complaints about the intersection from Gawler & District College and people who shopped at the Centre.
“At that time I started to have a series of meetings with DPTI officials and Council to see what could be done to improve the intersection,” Mr Piccolo said.
“Regrettably, Council did not see it as its issue; a view I disagreed with then and continue to do so now.
“While I acknowledge that Council and I did not see eye to eye about how the improvements should have been funded, it did in May this year, come on board and join the campaign for the intersection to be upgraded.
“While my previous budget bids seeking funding for the upgrade had not been successful, the community and I persisted to deliver this fantastic outcome,” he said.
Recently, local traders and employees at the Gawler Green Shopping Centre backed calls to have the Main North/Tulloch Roads intersection upgraded, with either a roundabout or traffic lights.
Mr Piccolo said many traders and employees believe that they would see an increase in patronage if the intersection was improved.
“People may be choosing to shop in other locations due to the difficultly in leaving the precinct,” Mr Piccolo said.
“I have been advised that the funding will be confirmed in the mid-year budget review and that design work will commence immediately, with the upgrade to be delivered during 2018.
“While I favour a roundabout at the location, enough funds have been allocated for the installation of traffic lights if that is the recommendation following traffic investigations.
“Our community can hold its head high in the knowledge that by working together we have achieved this fantastic and long overdue result.
“I welcome any feedback from the community as to their favoured outcome, be it a roundabout or traffic lights,” he said.
Feedback can be provided online at http://www.tonypiccolo.org/tulloch-feedback-form.
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