Last nights public meeting saw a twist to what may or may not “be able” to happen with future development  in the south west corner of Unley.

Some time back I forecast two possibilities for South Road once the State Government through DPTI how they are going to upgrade South Road.On both occasions people wondered whether I was sane.

I predicted that South Road may become 6 lanes wide and on a separate occasion suggested that I had information that the suburban streets of Black Forest will be dead ended with now access or egress from them from an direction on South Road.

Well we learnt last night that while DPTI have been forcing our hand and pushing for the maximum density in rezoning that the very same organisation may have plans to make any such move obsolete and/or pale into insignificance by comparison.

We heard of two possible options they (DPTI) are considering for the South Road, Cross Road environment. One is to build a duplicate of the Superway at the northern end of South Road. If you have not seen this the I suggest you take a drive up there ad see for yourself.

The other, and likely from what I can ascertain, is that South Road in order to accommodate the B Double traffic down Cross Road will need to be not the 6 lanes I was told I was stupid for suggesting but….wait for it…. 13 lanes.

So residents of Black Forest. If you cherish your environment as you clearly do, as demonstrated after your participation in the DPA 2 consultation, start pushing the government for what their plans are so you can influence them.

I believe you need to be very alert as to what your State Government is proposing for you and you need to do that now, not when it is announced. And you know they (the Government) will not consult like Council have. They will inform.