Tag: riddoch highway
Multi-million dollar budget set for district council projects
A $264,000 reconstruction and resealing project on Mingbool’s Ridge Road is among the headline projects of Grant District Council’s $3.6m road construction program for...
Police plea with motorists to be alert as vehicle traffic tipped to increase
MOTORISTS travelling on Riddoch Highway in Coonawarra are urged to be alert on the roads as vintage is expected to start in coming weeks.
Limestone...
Suspicious fire near Nangwarry
A WATER-bombing aircraft was called on to extinguish a suspicious fire near Nangwarry on Sunday afternoon, taking flight as the temperature hovered above 30...
Visitors load up for truck show
MOUNT Gambier residents awoke to the sound of truck horns on Saturday morning as more than 80 heavy vehicles rolled into town as part...
Joint government funds boost to get Limestone Coast roads back up to speed
REGIONAL roads in the Limestone Coast have received a $16.5m boost to improve safety, which will lead to in the reinstatement of 110kph speed...
Highway traffic through Coonawarra considered ‘recipe for disaster’
THE stretch of Riddoch Highway through Coonawarra's wine strip has been labelled a potential "recipe for disaster" following the release of a new report...
Highway upgrade earmarked as infrastructure priority
THE state's peak freight industry group has listed the Riddoch Highway as a high priority project that needs to be delivered within a five...
Bypass work goes to tender
THE federal and state governments have launched a tender process for further construction of the $14.6m Penola Bypass with a view to be complete...
Efforts to lift temporary speed restrictions proves slow going
GRANT District Council works manager Adrian Schutz has raised questions why the 80kph speed signs on the Riddoch Highway remain given there are no...
Gas project assessed as drill work to get under way
DRILLING at Beach Energy's Haselgrove-4 site could start within a matter of weeks as setup nears completion.
Located south of Penola along the Riddoch Highway,...
Police impersonator on wrong side of law
MOUNT Gambier Police are on the hunt for a white dual-cab utility after receiving several reports of a person impersonating police, by using red...
Wattle Range Council signs off on interpretive Coonawarra displays
COONAWARRA visitors will see some of the area's history displayed along its terra rossa strip after Wattle Range Council gave its nod of approval...