Maybe this belongs in the Trams thread, but I don't really understand the push to put trams back down thoroughfares like Prospect Road, where they're just going to sit in traffic and get stuck at traffic lights, negating the benefit of building the line when it's still just as fast for people to dr...

Port Road is surely the most feasible location for a new depot. The government has just bought one large chunk of it, and has compulsory acquisition power for other parts (say, the former Coca Cola site). Get it done. I honestly can't see them using prime inner suburban land for a tram depot that c...

I reckon this demolition might just be something to do with the new supermarket which is opening next door. There's signs up about it in Wright Court.

This mindless push of highrise in the suburbs is ridiculous and needs to stop, save a few key areas like Glenelg, The Port, and some arterial roads and where it makes sense with a public transport node that has capacity or it can be added. This isn't Sydney, we don't need to turn our suburbs into h...

I highly doubt Adelaide Airport would turn down an offer of flights from United, or any other airline, just because they are waiting on China Southern and Cathay to restart flights. If an offer was on the table, why on earth would they choose to not let United in? It makes no sense. In any event, y...

Can guarantee this won’t happen before we get China southern and Cathay back. It’s frustrating because those two are going to take a while to come back, and United are interested NOW, not in 5 years time, now. Bloody hell wish we didn’t have to wait on the Chinese all the time. Hardly a surprise. W...

Housing Minister Nick Champion backs 20-storey residential apartment tower heights for Glenside Apartment towers of up to 20 storeys are proposed for Adelaide’s inner east and the new “super” Housing Minister wants to talk about more. https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/housing-mini...

why don't they just build this on the partially demolished Wright Street Hotel or the partially demolished King's Head hotel instead, since there's nothing else going on there right now. Or build it on the low-rise Wilson's parking next door. Literally anywhere else is better than this. So many der...

I'm curious - what do people see as the purpose of bringing back rail services to Roseworthy and the Barossa Valley? Is it so that those areas can lose their "country charm" and become more sprawling suburbs full of detached housing for people who commute further to the Adelaide CBD? Is i...

Three times a week Adelaide to the other side of the planet? We've barely scratched the surface with direct flights to the Asian continent. True, but more Australians visit the US than every Asian country except Indonesia (Bali), so demand is clearly there. At the end of last year, the top destinat...

We already knew back last year that the government was in discussions with Walker regarding the potential relocation of staff from the State Administration Centre to fill a second Festival Plaza tower. Honestly this wouldn't be a bad thing. That whole government precinct bordered between Victoria S...

It's also interesting to hear the media say 'one of the tallest' and not the 'tallest'. Possibly this originates in the government press release. I can see why they would want to avoid bandying about the fact that this will be the tallest, given how controversial the tower already is. Re the commen...

How? Magic (Premier Malinaskus’s economic plan and the State prosperity project) Not really. Malinauskus has been good for PR, but the positive trends were well in place right back to the Weatherill era with increased investment and better image. SA then did really well through COVID under Marshall...

I'm intrigued about exactly ONE direct passenger to Ho Chi Minh City.... I wonder how the "indirect" number is derived. Los Angeles is the on;y North American city on the list - do people really go there as the destination, or do they lly Qantas or Virgin Adelaide-Sydney-Los Angeles then ...

It would be wise to: - Reserve land for a rail corridor - Or, even wiser, halt all further development and rip up the nasty, cheap contract with Walker Corp. Agreed. The issue is that they did not reserve land for a rail corridor, and they are now building on top of all the land that could have bee...