Posted by Rob Honeycombe on 25 September 2010
It’s not the best picture with the drizzly weather we’ve had today, but here’s the first flowering Jacaranda of the season. My Mum says they were told that when the Jacarandas started flowering it was time to hit the books for final exams… Come to think of it she may have made that up for my benefit.
Either way Brisbane’s a pretty sight when the Jacarandas bloom and leave that fluffy purple carpet across the footpaths. This one was outside our Open Home on Gregory Terrace but the avenue of Jacarandas along Coronation Dirve would be my favourite.
Apparently they’re Brazilian natives, but they look like home to me.
Tags: Coronation Drive Brisbane, Gregory Terrace Spring Hill
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Posted by admin on 30 March 2010
With so much happening with Brisbane infrastructure it can be hard to keep up. So here’s a ‘Cook’s tour’ of the latest:
The opening this month of Clem 7 is a significant milestone for a lot of reasons. It’s the first piece of the Lord Mayor’s “TransApex” plan, and this 4.8km tunnel is the first Brisbane river crossing for cars since 1986. Almost a quarter of a century!
The media write about the impact on cross-city travel, speeding travel times. But there’s also major benefits to the live-ability for inner city residents and property owners. Clem 7 will take 60,000 cars a day away from surface roads and move them underground. Residents of Kangaroo Point, Woolloongabba and South Brisbane will have less noise and less congestion.
The next piece of the Newman TransApex Pie is the Hale Street Link, a bridge between South Brisbane and Milton that’s due to open in just 2 months time. This one will help free up the traffic bottlenecks that occur in so many near-CBD junctions. Two new cross river crossings will be complete – amazing how things can actually get done!
Airport Link is the third major project, now being run by the state government, and with tunnel boring underway as we write. This 6.7km roadway will start at Bowen Hills, linking the Clem 7 and Inner City Bypass to out near the airport. Residents in suburbs like Clayfield, Windsor and Lutwyche will have direct and immediate benefit when it opens in 2012.
Suburbs like Auchenflower and Milton can often feel like thoroughfares for major traffic routes Milton Road and Coronation Drive. But with the Northern Link soon to burrow from the Western Freeway at Toowong and popping back up at Kelvin Grove to link with the Inner City Bypass, there’ll be some relief for these inner west residents. Northern Link is due to start construction this year and wrap up in 2014.
The fifth and final TransApex project is the East West Link. This tunnel would link the M1 at Buranda with the Western Freeway at Toowong, bypassing the West End peninsula to offer a significant cross-city link. Even the inner-south’s anti-development movement must be able to see the benefits of this one. Officially it appears East West is on hold for some years to come…
Savvy property owners and investors watch infrastructure changes with interest. There’s plenty on this list to keep us all busy for the next few years.
The TransApex plan for Brisbane
Tags: Airport Link Brisbane, Auchenflower Brisbane, Bowen Hills Brisbane, Buranda Brisbane, Clem 7 Brisbane, Coronation Drive Brisbane, Hale Street Link Brisbane, Inner City Bypass Brisbane, Kangaroo Point Brisbane, Kelvin Grove Brisbane, M1 Brisbane, Milton Brisbane, Milton Road Brisbane, Northern Link Brisbane, Toowong Brisbane, Transapex Brisbane, Western Freeway Brisbane, Woolloongabba Brisbane
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Posted by admin on 3 April 2009
Our team love their football as much as the next red-blooded Queenslander…. but the decision to run today’s Bronco’s game at an earlier timeslot is a shocker and will throw Brisbane’s inner city traffic into complete chaos. Suncorp Stadium is smack bang in the middle of the city’s road network, with major arterials of the Inner City Bypass, Coronation Drive and Milton Road all converging near the ground.
Friday’s are always hectic in our traffic, people racing to get to the pub/beach/home, and a Broncos home game puts 50,000 spectators into the mix. The usual kick-off of 7.30pm does let most commuters avoid the rush though.
Today? It’s raining (so more cars), the Hale Street Link is under construction and is limiting movements in the area – and Channel 9 have asked for the game to run at 6.30pm. Why? They want to run it in prime time for Sydney viewers! Brisbane workers crawling home might not be smiling.
Tags: Brisbane Broncos, Coronation Drive Brisbane, Hale Street Link Brisbane, Inner City Bypass Brisbane, Milton Road Brisbane, Suncorp Stadium Brisbane
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Posted by admin on 27 December 2006
An important milestone for inner city infrastructure with the December 17th opening of the new Elanor Schonell Bridge linking Dutton Park with St Lucia’s University of Queensland campus. It provides a long awaited extra access point to UQ, hopefully reducing the massive traffic flows past the city each day and along roads like Coronation Drive as more than 30,500 students and staff make their way to the Uni.
Naming rights went to a deserved Queenslander: Dr Eleanor Schonell’s work with dyslexia and cerebral palsy earned her international recognition and along with husband Fred the couple made a significant contribution to this State’s education and health in the middle of last century.
As the first river crossing between Indooroopilly’s tiny Walter Taylor and the City’s William Jolly, this new ‘Green Bridge’ is intended to carry buses, pedestrians and cyclists only. It’s a striking piece of engineering that’s been well planned and will do its job well. But with continuing pressure on the city’s transport network cynics have suggested it won’t be long before Elanor’s bridge is connected to Sir Fred’s Drive in St Lucia, and the cars will come rolling through.
Tags: Brisbane traffic, Coronation Drive Brisbane, Dutton Park Brisbane, Eleanor Schonell Bridge Brisbane, St Lucia Brisbane, University of Queensland
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It’s not the best picture with the drizzly weather we’ve had today, but here’s the first flowering Jacaranda of the season. My Mum says they were told that when the Jacarandas started flowering it was time to hit the books for final exams… Come to think of it she may have made that up for my benefit.
