Whilst travelling around Adelaide over the past number of years there has been many instances where roadworks have impacted significantly on traffic flow, especially on major arterial roads.
It is time now for Adelaide to get with the 21st Century and accept the fact that it is indeed a City not a country town with a population of 500. Non-essential roadworks that necessitate the closure of a traffic lane on major arterial roads should be conducted at night to reduce the impact to traffic flow.
Yesterday, on Main North Road, Nailsworth the City bound lanes were banked back for over a kilometre because the left lane was closed, not for roadworks but for footpath works!! This sort of traffic congestion adds significantly to emissions, delays public transport services, impedes emergency vehicles and causes unnecessary stress to motorists.
Obviously, emergency roadworks are necessary from time to time as the result of a traffic accident or burst water main and these are minimal and a fact of life but the remainder of works could easily be carried out at night.
That's my opinion.
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