Kangaroo Island Road Safety and Bushfire Resilience Package

We are delivering an upgrade to Kangaroo Island’s key arterial roads to improve road safety and bushfire resilience. This $40 million package of upgrades is funded by the Australian (80%) and South Australian government (20%).

We are upgrading Hog Bay Road and the Playford Highway establishing a main arterial route along the ‘backbone’ of Kangaroo Island, improving access from most of the western points of the island to the mainland (via Kingscote Airport and Penneshaw Ferry Terminal).

The upgrades will also improve road safety and freight productivity, with work to include road widening, shoulder sealing, minor intersection improvements, and installation of audio tactile line markings. The upgrades will improve north-south connections to the island's main arterial route, to enhance bushfire resilience.

Latest News

Works are continuing on the Island. The pavement rehabilitation works on the Playford Highway have now been completed, with the final seal treatments and line marking to be undertaken in the coming months. Traffic restrictions will remain in place until this work is complete. Works on Hog Bay Road are underway across various locations. To keep everyone safe please observe speed restrictions and onsite signage.

Following consideration of the project objectives, further community feedback, and further assessments undertaken (including a review by the Federal Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water), the scope of works for the project has been confirmed. You can read more in our latest project update.

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