Jetty Road on track to reopen on 19 December 2025

Jetty Road, east of Moseley Street, is on track to reopen to traffic on Friday 19 December 2025 – and this includes returning on-street car parking along Jetty Road and Moseley Street.

Almost all temporary fencing will be removed from the footpaths and roadway, as the construction footprint significantly reduces in size.

Some low-level fencing will remain in place in isolated areas.

All traffic will be able to access Jetty Road, to and from Moseley Street and all other side streets.

Buses that were temporarily diverted along High Street will return to servicing Jetty Road.

Durham Street will continue to operate under its current temporary traffic arrangements, with traffic travelling in a southerly direction from Augusta Street exiting left onto Jetty Road. Traffic can also continue south, exiting right onto Moseley Street.

In good news for pedestrians, all footpaths on Jetty Road, from Moseley Square to Sussex Street, are on track to be completed by 19 December 2025. Most footpaths from Sussex Street to Nile Street are also on track to be completed in the same time frame.

While the Jetty Road / Colley Terrace corner remains under construction until March 2026, the Transforming Jetty Road Glenelg project team is finalising plans to activate the space over the Christmas and New Year period, with additional outdoor dining and public space.

Concreting across Colley Terrace is underway and will continue next week. This will form the foundation for paving treatment across the roadway, which will be undertaken from 5 January 2026 onwards.

Stay tuned for more information about how the space will be activated for public use from 19 December 2025 to 4 January 2026.

Visitors driving to Jetty Road will benefit from extended on-street parking times from Monday 1 December 2025. All free 1-hour and 2-hour on-street parking spaces throughout the Jetty Road Glenelg precinct will be extended to 3-hours free parking, until the end of January 2026.

This will include on-street parking on Jetty Road, which will be reopened to vehicles from Friday 19 December 2025.

The all-day free parking currently offered in the two-storey Partridge Street East car park will also be extended until the end of January 2026.

An important feature of the western end of Jetty Road is increased pedestrian safety and accessibility, which will be boosted with the installation of traffic lights and pedestrian crossing at the Jetty Road / Moseley Street intersection.

The traffic light poles were installed this week, but the programming and sequencing of the traffic lights will occur early next year, ready for the reopening of Colley Terrace to traffic in March 2026.

Council has been undertaking all work required in the roadway and tram corridor at the western end of Jetty Road during the temporary suspension of tram services. This has included stormwater upgrades and additions to existing stormwater infrastructure, as well as common service trenches, with the reinstatement of the roadway and asphalting now underway, right next to the tram lines.

Tram substitute buses will continue to serve Glenelg, with signposted stops on Anzac Highway near Wigley Reserve.

Signage is also in place to direct visitors to Jetty Road, which is only a few minutes’ walk away.

The Transforming Jetty Road Glenelg project will elevate Glenelg as Adelaide’s premier coastal shopping, dining and entertainment destination. This once-in-a-generation development will preserve Jetty Road’s unique culture and history, while also future-proofing it for generations to come.

The project will transform the precinct into a modern, safe, vibrant and accessible destination for all who live here and visit and is due to be completed in the second half of 2026.