00:02Alan Sharkey has sold thousands of stickers with a message resonating in Adelaide's north.
00:07Everyone you speak to in this area has their thoughts on Curtis Road.
00:13We avoid using Curtis Road in peak hour times and even then it's hit and miss.
00:19Even when it's not peak hour it's extremely busy.
00:21In 20 years Playford's population jumped from about 70,000 to 110,000
00:26to putting more cars on the road. Another 11,000 homes are planned but locals first want better traffic flow.
00:32They can't believe that the growth is happening without improvements to the local roads.
00:38These roads were ideally built back when it was semi-rural, back in the 1950s.
00:45The petition was tabled in State Parliament with unanimous cross-party support,
00:49a committee to examine its proposals.
00:51The State Government has rezoned vast tracts of land in Playford
00:55and wants Playford to do the heavy lifting in terms of its housing strategy.
00:59One in five houses last year built in South Australia were built in the city of Playford.
01:04By mid-century the Council's population is expected to reach 184,000, growing nearly 60%.
01:10Calls for a temporary pause on new land releases haven't passed muster with the State Government,
01:15which sees Adelaide's northern frontier as an affordable and convenient spot close to the city
01:21to accommodate the State's growing population.
01:24A new $280 million roundabout and overpass promising relief.
01:28The Minister saying any development freeze will hurt jobs and housing options.
01:33What we're going to see is work going on that will enable greater integration,
01:39greater traffic movements across the north.
01:41Catching up on a problem decades in the making.
01:44Missing
01:44With Playing
01:46Along
01:46The Running
01:47darüber
01:48Exploring
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