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Jacob Shteyman

SA hits brakes on road projects after feds axe funds

SA Infrastructure Minister Tom Koutsantonis wanted to retain all funding for SA projects. (Morgan Sette/AAP PHOTOS)

A raft of South Australian road projects are on the chopping block after the federal government scrapped its commitment to fund the upgrades, but the state's marquee North-South Corridor tunnel has been spared the axe.

Two major congestion-busting investments in the Adelaide Hills, the $202 million Truro bypass project and the $250 million Hahndorf township improvements and access upgrade, had their funding scrapped on Thursday.

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