West Torrens Council wants to give away road to create airport bus and taxi route Taxis line up in the rank at the Adelaide Airport. WEST Torrens Council wants to hand over a section of Richmond Rd to the State Government to fast-track a new taxi and public transport link to Adelaide Airport. The State Government and the Adelaide Airport have earmarked Richmond Rd as an airport route for taxis and buses. Richmond Rd comes to a dead end near the airport and would need to be extended to create an entrance for taxis and buses. The council manages the section of Richmond road between Marion Rd and the airport. The council this week voted to offer the road to the government, which would then likely have to spend money upgrading it. A Richmond Rd link, which would run inside the north-eastern boundary of the airport and connect with Sir Richard Williams Ave near the terminal, was included in Adelaide Airport's draft Master Plan earlier this year. No time frame has been given for the works. What do you think of the new airport road idea? Post a comment in the box below. The council hopes creating a new route to the airport will ease pressure on Sir Donald Bradman Drive and Henley Beach Rd. Councillor Arthur Mangos, who proposed giving full control of the road to the government, said traffic problems surrounding Adelaide Airport were reaching critical levels. "It will help take thousands of taxis that go to and from the airport off (Sir Donald Bradman Drive) and some of the heavier vehicles will use that back entrance as well," he said. It takes six sets of traffic lights on Marion Rd to get past Sir Donald Bradman Drive. If the department of transport doesn't realise there are problems on Sir Donald Bradman Drive, Tapleys Hill Rd, Marion Rd and Henley Beach Rd, they've got problems. A council transport report in 2009 listed the intersections of Sir Donald Bradman Drive with South Rd and Marion Rd, as well as South Rd and Henley Beach Rd, as being at or near capacity. The State Government has also proposed a link between Richmond Rd and Morphett Rd within a decade. The airport draft masterplan has forecast nearly 10,000 new jobs on airport land by 2034. The airport predicts passenger numbers to rise to 2.8 million a year by then, up from 807,000 last year. The Weekly Times Messenger is seeking comment from the State Government.