Greenhill Road Infrastructure Works — Plan Your Callouts
City of Unley · Council intelligence · Last updated April 2026
“NOTICE OF MOTION FROM COUNCILLOR M BRONIECKI RE: WALKING AND CYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE ON GREENHILL ROAD”
Full Council, City of Unley, 23 March 2026
Greenhill Road is Goodwood's northern boundary. If this motion gets legs and construction kicks off, expect disruption close to home — road closures, heavy plant, and vibration that can shift old clay pipes that were already on borrowed time.
“Administration work with staff from the City of Adelaide and the City of Burnside to investigate the provision of improved walking and cycling infrastructure along the southern boundary of the Adelaide Park Lands fronting Greenhill Road from Anzac Highway to Fullarton Road.”
Full Council, City of Unley, 23 March 2026
That whole Greenhill Road stretch from Anzac Highway east through to Fullarton Road covers the full width of Goodwood's northern edge. Digging anywhere along there can disturb shared infrastructure — if you're on a street that feeds off Greenhill Road, it's worth getting your drains camera-inspected before any excavation starts nearby.
“The total cost to Council of maintaining the playing surface at Unley Oval for football and cricket differs from year to year as there are various factors that can impact cost. For the 2024-25 financial year, the total cost to Council was $85,172 (excluding GST). This comprises a cost of $28,372 for football (excluding temporary fencing for Sturt Football Club matchdays) and $56,800 for cricket.”
Full Council, City of Unley, 23 March 2026
Unley Oval is a stone's throw from Goodwood's eastern fringe. It's not a plumbing story directly, but large maintained grounds like that put real demand on local stormwater and irrigation connections — and older suburbs nearby can feel it when that network gets stressed after heavy rain.
Goodwood is classic inner-south Adelaide — mostly older character homes on tight blocks, clay soil, and underground pipes that in some streets haven't been touched since the 1950s or 60s. City of Unley is pushing ahead with infrastructure investigation along Greenhill Road, which runs right along the suburb's northern edge. Any roadwork up there has a habit of stirring up pressure in older mains and laterals nearby — worth knowing if your house backs up to that corridor.
Goodwood's not a new estate — you're dealing with infrastructure that's done a lot of hard work. Before you call, check if your issue started after rain or coincides with the council work happening up Greenhill Road. If you've got an older home here, know that tree root damage isn't always obvious until the drain blocks completely, so regular drain camera inspections can save you thousands in excavation. The clay soil here actually works against you on stormwater — it's why even light rain backs up gutters. If you're getting water pooling in the yard or slow drains inside, it's rarely just one thing. Get someone to look at the whole picture: guttering fall, downpipe sizing, and whether the laterals have shifted. Goodwood houses need a bit more preventative work than some suburbs, but you'll save money doing it before something fails.
- Tree root intrusion into terracotta sewer lines — the big old gums and liquid ambers are everywhere in Goodwood and they find every joint in pipes that are 70+ years old
- Blocked drains in 1920s–1950s homes where clay pipes have shifted, collapsed, or are crumbling from the inside out
- Hot water unit failures — most of the originals in pre-war and post-war brick homes are well past their use-by date and May's when they give up for real
- Leaking taps and corroded copper pipework inside walls — common in pre-war and early post-war brick stock where the pipes have been in the walls for decades
- Stormwater backing up into yards after heavy rain — many Goodwood properties have undersized or partially blocked spouting and downpipe connections that can't handle 40mm in a day
- Pressure drops and main breaks near Greenhill Road corridor — City of Unley infrastructure investigation work can stir up issues in older mains and laterals running underneath adjacent properties
- Septic or old cesspool issues on larger blocks — some of the older Goodwood homes still rely on older waste systems that are failing or weren't properly decommissioned
- Corroded galvanised water pipes inside walls — homes built in the 1940s–1960s often have galvanised lines that are rusting through from the inside
- Slow drains throughout the house — clay soil and old pipe networks means gradual drainage failure rather than sudden blockage
- Water pooling in backyards on flat allotments — the clay soil near Goodwood Reserve doesn't drain, and flat blocks with poor fall design trap water for days after rain