Project Overview
The key elements of the Coast and Transition zones of Jetty Road, Glenelg will include:
- The installation of new traffic lights with pedestrian crossing on the intersection of Jetty Road/Moseley Street
- Installation of new Juperana stone pavers on footpaths
- Footpaths at road level from the Jetty Road junction with Sussex Street, into Moseley Street to Elizabeth Street and along Colley Terrace to Hope Street
- Mountable kerbs west of Chapel Plaza
- Disability Discrimination Act-compliant continuous footpaths on some side streets intersecting with Jetty Road to give pedestrians right of way.
Major construction works began in August 2025 and includes temporary restrictions to vehicle access to sections of Jetty Road.
The construction schedule has been accelerated to allow work in the roadway to be undertaken while the Glenelg tram line is temporarily suspended as part of the State Government’s Tram Grade Separation Project.
This also means that the expected completion date of the Transforming Jetty Road Glenelg project has been brought forward more than 12 months, from the end of 2027 to the second half of 2026.
About the zones
The Transition zone extends west from the Partridge/Gordon streets intersection to Sussex Street and is where people transition from one zone to another. It is used by both local and visitors.
The Coast zone extends west from Sussex Street to the fringes of Moseley Square, into Moseley Street, into Colley Terrace to the junction with Hope Street. It is the entertainment and dining area, attracting high volumes of pedestrians.
Contruction Update
Construction footprint to expand from 1 September
26 August 2025
The Transforming Jetty Road Glenelg
construction footprint will expand on two fronts next week, north along Colley
Terrace and east along Jetty Road.
From Monday 1 September, the footprint will extend north on Colley Terrace to the junction with Hope Street.
Pedestrian access across Colley Terrace, from Jetty Road to Moseley Square, will be maintained.
The service lane will be accessible, behind the Glenelg Library, and visitors to Colley Towers will still have access via the northern driveway.
The construction footprint will also extend east along Jetty Road to Byron Street.
This means there will be no traffic access to or from Jetty Road into Waterloo Street.
Waterloo Street will remain two-way with a turnaround point put in place just before the Jetty Road junction.
All traffic on Waterloo Street will be required to exit Waterloo Street in a northerly direction towards Augusta Street. Pedestrians can still access Jetty Road from Waterloo Street.
The Byron Street / Jetty Road junction remains open to traffic.
All other temporary traffic changes and road closures remain in place.
See the map below.

Starting 4 August 2025, Jetty Road will be temporarily closed to vehicles west of the junction with Nile Street to Moseley Square.
This will allow the roadway and footpaths to be constructed at the same level, which is a unique feature of the western end of Jetty Road and includes part of Moseley Street and Colley Terrace up to the Hope Street junction.
The traffic lights at the intersection of Jetty Road and Moseley Street will also be installed at this time.
There will be one-way vehicle access onto Jetty Road via a right-hand turn from Moseley Street.
Vehicles will travel east on Jetty Road and will exit Jetty Road by turning left into Sussex Street.
Vehicles entering Jetty Road from Brighton Road can travel west along Jetty Road up until Waterloo Street, where they will be directed to turn right.
The construction team will coordinate and ensure emergency service access at all times.
The City zone of Jetty Road, which is the section west of Brighton Road to the Partridge / Gordon streets intersection, remains open to vehicles and pedestrians as normal.
There will be no change to traffic flow on High Street or Elizabeth Street.
Moseley Street will become one-way for northbound traffic, just north of Elizabeth Street.
Colley Terrace will be closed at Hope Street with a turnaround area implemented.
Local traffic will be permitted access up to the corner of Moseley Square, which includes visitors to Colley Towers and delivery vehicles.
Durham Street will remain one-way southbound between Augusta Street and Chittleborough Lane, with no vehicle access south of Chittleborough Lane.
Traffic will be directed to turn left into Chittleborough Lane towards Sussex Street, with a left turn into Sussex Street.
Traffic will turn into Sussex Street from Jetty Road.
Traffic will also exit left into Sussex Street from Chittleborough Lane.
Sussex Street, south of Augusta Street, will be two-way for local traffic only. There will be no exit from Sussex Street onto Jetty Road.
Two car parks on the eastern side of the street, near the closure point, will be temporarily removed to allow for a vehicle turnaround area.
The loading zone on Sussex Street near Chittleborough Lane will be retained.
Milton Street will convert into a two-way street west of Chapel Street through to the corner (near Dante’s Deli).
The St Mary’s Memorial School drop-off zone will be maintained on Milton Street. Parking west of the drop-off zone and parking on the northern side of the street will be temporarily removed to facilitate the two-way traffic movement.
Soal Street will convert into a two-way street, but for local traffic only. There will be no entry to or exit from Jetty Road.
A concrete median at the junction of Soal Street and Augusta Street will be removed to help facilitate the two-way traffic movement.
Any changes to kerbside bin collections will be communicated as soon as possible.
There will be no entry to or exit from Jetty Road.
Access to the Coles car park will operate as usual. All other parking on the street will be retained, including an accessible car park located at the southern end of Nile Street near Jetty Road.
The current loading zone, near Waffle King, will be temporarily moved 3 metres north.
From 1 September 2025, there will be no traffic access to or from Jetty Road into Waterloo Street.
Waterloo Street will remain two-way with a turnaround point put in place just before the Jetty Road junction.
All traffic on Waterloo Street will be required to exit Waterloo Street in a northerly direction towards Augusta Street. Pedestrians can still access Jetty Road from Waterloo Street.
No changes to the road operations of Gordon / Partridge Street and the two Partridge Street car parks will remain open and accessible.
Businesses within the road closure areas will receive direct communications next week regarding minor changes to commercial waste collections.
All other businesses that are not within the road closure areas will continue to have their commercial waste collected as usual.
There will be temporary re-routing of some bus services between August and December 2025.
Buses will continue to service Moseley Street and, in lieu of Jetty Road, they will travel along High Street towards Partridge / Gordon streets.
Buses will be redirected from Colley Terrace to Anzac Highway with stops near Wigley Reserve.
Please refer to Adelaide Metro website for up-to-date timetables and routes. (adelaidemetro.com.au)
It’s anticipated that bus services will return to normal by the end of December once Jetty Road has reopened to vehicle traffic.
Pedestrian access will be maintained along the entire street during each phase of construction, via temporary walkways or ramps as needed.
The construction work on Jetty Road will be complete, and the road will be reopened to vehicles.
Work will continue into the side streets, on the footpaths and garden beds, with the project expected to be completed in the second half of 2026.
Temporary road closures to intersections exiting from Jetty Road on to side streets
Jetty Road
There will be no vehicle access along Jetty Road from any side streets for approximately two weeks in early December 2025 for asphalting work.
*These dates are subject to change