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The latest push for an investigation into passenger rail through the Hills is a clear sign the State Transport Minister Corey Wingard’s stark rejection of the concept is not going to be enough to quiet growing calls for workable traffic solutions.
Pressure has been mounting on the State Government to find a fix for the increasing freeway congestion since it dumped its highly spruiked GlobeLink plan to divert freight transport around the Hills....

Mt Barker’s new emergency department has been approved for construction.
At a meeting last week the State’s Public Works Committee (PWC) approved the build, which is set to begin at the Mt Barker Hospital later this year.

A Strathalbyn mother of four fears she could lose her house after recently being hit with a multi-million dollar insurance bill for a car crash which happened almost nine years ago.
Last month Samantha Melville, who crashed into a tree on Long Valley Road in 2012, was sent a $6.3m bill from insurance company Berkshire Hathaway with just 21 days to pay....

A series of natural “bandicoot shelters” could be planted across the Hills in a bid to help save a sub-population decimated by the Cherry Gardens fire.
Members of the Friends of Scott Creek Conservation Park have planted an experimental 20m-wide nesting shelter in a burnt part of the park to provide habitat vital to protect endangered bandicoots from preying foxes and cats. Friends member John Wamsley...