Brisbane Lord Mayor, Adrian Schrinner has announced the 280-metre Toowong-to-West End Bridge will be the last bridge delivered under the Council’s Bridges for Brisbane program – confirming the West End to St Lucia Bridge build won’t proceed. The Lord Mayor says the final bridge planned under the program – which would link St Lucia to West End […]
Hopefully it means finally doing the North Brisbane Bikeway, delivering the Lambert and Sylvan Rd bikeways, keeping their long-disregarded promise to continue the CityLink Cycleway through to the Valley, etc.
I’m sceptical, though. We might get a couple of decent bike projects, but they’ll be ones we were always going to get regardless.
“By not building this bridge, we can invest more in critical projects in the future, like better roads and better transport to keep Brisbane moving."
Better roads? What does ‘better transport’ even mean? I would have thought having a walkable or active transport direct link would be far ‘better’.
Hopefully it means finally doing the North Brisbane Bikeway, delivering the Lambert and Sylvan Rd bikeways, keeping their long-disregarded promise to continue the CityLink Cycleway through to the Valley, etc.
I’m sceptical, though. We might get a couple of decent bike projects, but they’ll be ones we were always going to get regardless.