Adelaide's independent news

Support

tram

Thursday, February 21

No new tram money in state budget, but four small surpluses

Premier Steven Marshall says there won’t be any new funding for trams in tomorrow’s budget and doesn’t know anything about reports of a $185 million federal cash splash earmarked for extending Adelaide’s tram network.

“More trouble than the early settlers”: Tram plan delayed as problems continue

Premier Steven Marshall has conceded an election pledge to build a right-hand turn for trams onto North Terrace will not meet its stated 12-month deadline, while his Transport Minister says he won’t know how – or even if – the project will proceed until a departmental review is completed in October.

When North Adelaide was a destination: an early 1900s image of trams heading north up King William St. Photo: Mary Evans Picture Library

Richardson: How to save North Adelaide from itself

North Adelaide is dying, and seems determined to slip away quietly – a ghost of its former glory. Tom Richardson asks what can be done to save the city’s northern fringe from seeing out its existence as an extravagant gateway to the suburbs.