The following is a copy of an article on Adelaide Now today. It seems everytime I find a positive in improved realtionships between DPTI and residents something happens to undermind it.

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CONSTANT noise from a railway project at Goodwood has residents at their wits’ end and demanding action from the State Government.
    

  A letter signed by 12 Devon St South and Victoria St residents demanding steps be taken to minimise noise from the Goodwood Junction project was sent to Transport and Infrastructure Minister Tom Koutsantonis last week.

Devon St South resident Mary Heath said there had been little consideration given to neighbours since work to separate the commuter and freight lines at Goodwood began last October.

“At 7am work commences and you can hear the trucks revving up, you can hear beepers and then the works begin,” Dr Heath said.

“The noise is constant, it goes all day … sometimes until 10pm.

“The noise is incessant, people in the street have started to plan how they can get away and people find the noise unbearable.”

Dr Heath said the noise came from concrete sawing, drilling, digging and from fleets of trucks transporting rubble during the early stages of the $110 million underpass project near Victoria St.

“The thing that will happen next is the construction of a railway underpass only metres from our front doors, back gates and side windows,” Dr Heath said.

She said residents were not opposed to the railway upgrade but needed sound-proof barriers installed to lessen the impact of the construction noise on neighbours.

Victoria St resident and shift worker Christine Gentilcore said she found it difficult to sleep during the day after working all night.

“I’ve just had a gutful and I don’t want to live here any more,” Ms Gentilcore said.

Mr Koutsantonis was yet to respond to requests for comment.