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Speaker 1: Well, there is money for the infrastructure that was lost

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Speaker 1: to the Adelaide Hills. There was money on the table

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Speaker 1: for a turn off and interchange at Harndorf and Verdun,

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Speaker 1: and it seems that money is back on the table,

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Speaker 1: but it needs to be matched by the state government.

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Speaker 1: Will it be Jeremy Roberts is from the Harndorf Community Association. Jeremy,

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Speaker 1: good morning. You'd welcome this. I suppose the federal government

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Speaker 1: putting that money back on the table.

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Speaker 2: Well, it's a big backslip from the federal government, so

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Speaker 2: in that sense, it is welcome. They made a huge

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Speaker 2: mistake back in October when they pulled the entire funding

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Speaker 2: envelope on these projects, and obviously they've had some further

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Speaker 2: briefings and realized realized that these interchange improvements are sorely needed.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, it is welcome, but it needs to be

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Speaker 1: matched by the state government. Now, I imagine you'll be keen

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Speaker 1: to know the Treasurer's position on this, Stephen Mulligan, because

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Speaker 1: our budget coming up. But will he put the money

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Speaker 1: back to matcha.

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Speaker 2: Well, you'd expect. So they never actually bake goument, never

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Speaker 2: canceled their funding envelope, and they said they said they

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Speaker 2: were disappointed with the cancelation as well, So I would

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Speaker 2: have thought at least matched funding. There's a hell of

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Speaker 2: a lot of committed infrastructure that's required in the hills,

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Speaker 2: primarily the alternative route around Harndorf, because the traffic situation

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Speaker 2: is escalating into just an untenable situation, So at least

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Speaker 2: fifty fifty I would have thought. In fact, I think

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Speaker 2: the federal government's new rules for major projects requires fifty

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Speaker 2: fifty funding, so we'd hope to see that.

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Speaker 1: Guess yeah, absolutely makes you wonder what River Road was

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Speaker 1: all about.

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Speaker 2: Then, Well, River Road never really advocated locally because the

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Speaker 2: locals know that it's a bit of a glorified goat track.

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Speaker 2: You've got residents down there and now waking up at

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Speaker 2: four point thirty in the morning with speeding trucks going

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Speaker 2: past their houses using exhaust breaks. So it's not a

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Speaker 2: viable solution in the long term. That solution would be

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Speaker 2: a purpose built upgrade or new interchange or link road.

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Speaker 2: And I welcome the local independent MPs last week calling

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Speaker 2: for the same thing, so they obviously have their head

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Speaker 2: of the ground, and we hope the state government also

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Speaker 2: would have their head of the ground and know what's

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Speaker 2: required these Handorf is really dis bursting at the seams,

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Speaker 2: as any visitor knows, and unfortunately the brand of the

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Speaker 2: town is falling and something really needs to be done quickly.

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Speaker 1: Indeed, Jeremy appreciate your time this morning and we'll see

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Speaker 1: where it ends up. And state budget out early next month,

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Speaker 1: so we'll no sooner enough. Thank you, Jeremy Roberts there

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Speaker 1: from the Handorff Community Association