Construction of the Northern Expressway in Adelaide Garners Local Industry Support & Bolsters Employment of Youth & Aboriginals

Online, August 12, 2010 (Newswire.com) - (SAN DIEGO, CA) - In an interview with Business Review Australia, Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure Project Director Luigi Rossi and Fulton Hogan General Manager for the Western Region Tony Carecos discuss construction of the Northern Expressway in the Adelaide region.

Construction for the motorway began in 2008 to reduce driving time and increase safety in the Northern Region of Adelaide. The two-lane, dual motorway has seven interchanges and 15 bridge structures. The $564 million project also includes a 12-kilometer upgrade of the existing Port Wakefield Road. Rossi says, "A significant effort went into keeping the community and key stakeholders constantly informed and updated on news, road closures, initiatives and the like."

The project not only garnered participation from local industry, but gave the local youth and Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders an opportunity to work, improve skills, gain experience and prosper. Carecos says, "We've been quite active in ensuring that we employ significant numbers of Aboriginal people from the local area. We've tried to make sure that we give something to the community and employ as many of the 3500 people who have worked on this project as we could from the local area."

About The Northern Expressway
The Northern Expressway Project consists of two components: the new 23-kilometer Northern Expressway and the Port Wakefield Road Upgrade. The Northern Expressway project is a joint initiative by the Australian and South Australian governments under the Australian Government's Land Transport Investment Program. It will be the largest road construction project in the state since the 1960s.

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