Brisbane West BUG
Do you support suggestions to install a temporary shared path on one of the 6 traffic lanes of the Story Bridge while Brisbane City Council pulls its finger out to address the problems it has known about for 5 years or more and failed to act?
We do. And next Friday May 30th there is a March across the Story Bridge to show it. And do you know what? Council is trying to take the organisers to court, because “people’s right to freedom of movement would be excessively interfered with.”
So while it’s perfectly fine to close a bridge that thousands of people rely on for walking or riding across for months with no definitive timeframe for reopening, but occupying a lane for a march across the bridge “interferes with freedom of movement”.
We think the ongoing interference with people’s right to freedom of movement by not being able to walk or ride across the bridge is far more serious.
While that court action plays out, share this event with everyone you know.
This city is not the sole domain of cars. But, unbelievably, we need to fight for the right to walk.
Fri, 30 May at 08:00
March Across the Story Bridge
Scott St, Kangaroo Point QLD 4169, Australia
And if you aren’t able to join the march or you are nervous about it, don’t forget you can sign this petition calling on Council to show some common sense and install a temporary shared path on one of the traffic lanes:
https://www.epetitions.brisbane.qld.gov.au/petition/view/pid/1451