00:00Looking down an empty tram line at six months of pain.
00:05We were actually kind of scared because we were like we're about to lose a lot of our like regular customers that use the tram and they come like every day.
00:13Jetty Road traders are facing a double whammy.
00:15The tram line from Glenelg to the city expected to remain closed until January next year.
00:21At the same time, Holdfast Council has begun a major revamp of Jetty Road.
00:26We could do like two months maybe, but six months I think they said it's going to be for the tram.
00:31It's going to be pretty like hectic.
00:33I think going into summer people will still want to come down to Glenelg.
00:36It will just be a little bit challenging and a little bit people will have to think outside the square and not just be able to jump on that tram.
00:42The state government says the line closures mean major improvements to the road and tram network will be fast tracked and reduce congestion citywide.
00:51We are the last capital city to operate on a grid network.
00:54The state and federally funded suite of projects will build overpasses to replace level crossings at Marion Road, Cross Road and Morfet Road.
01:02The government says more than 25,000 motorists cross Morfet Road daily where boom gates can be down for up to 16 minutes each hour.
01:11The existing overpass on South Road at Glandor will also be rebuilt, just 15 years after it was first constructed.
01:19The opposition calling for the government to support impacted traders.
01:23There absolutely needs to be financial support for these businesses in the terms of really marketing and telling the wider community that Jetty Road is open for business.
01:33The tram network is all about making sure that we can get more people to Glenelg as often as we can.
01:38The government has scheduled an additional 44 buses to pick up tram commuters.
01:42It will be better in the long run but it will certainly disrupt things for a little while.
01:46We're going to have to try and start catching the bus.
01:48The government confident the project will meet its January deadline.
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