More than 600,000 bottles and 3600 tonnes of recycled asphalt have been used to ensure that motorists on a northern section of the South Road project will have a smoother ride.

Resurfacing works on a 2.4km stretch of road between James Congdon Drive, Mile End South and Ashwin Parade, Thebarton have now been completed.

The works mean that more than 6km of South Road has new blacktop as part of the ongoing $26 million resurfacing program that will ensure the long-term safety and integrity of the road surface ahead of the start of major River Torrens to Darlington (T2D) works.

The use of sustainable asphalt – which used the bottles, along with old pavement that was destined for landfill –  has created a saving of the equivalent of approximately 127 tonnes of carbon dioxide, which is the same as taking 58 cars off the road for one year.

More than 50,000 vehicles each day use the section of South Road being resurfaced above where the T2D tunnels will be.

Works are well underway on the more than half a kilometre section of South Road between Bennet Avenue, Melrose Park and Norrie Avenue, Clovelly Park, including the resurfacing of the Daws Road intersection. These works are expected to be completed in the coming weeks.

Once these works have been completed, the remaining sections between Norrie Avenue and Rothesay Avenue, St Marys and Glengarry Avenue and Cowper Road, Black Forest will commence.

All resurfacing works are expected to be completed by the end of 2024.