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
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Posted by admin on 2 May 2009
News this week that Japanese corporate giant Kirin Holdings will buy up shares in Lion Nathan it doesn’t yet own. So after having owners over the years that have included Kiwis and Alan Bond, Mr Fourex is now Japanese.
This iconic brewery on Milton Road really is a part of the Brisbane landscape. It does make you wonder though how many more years it might be before it’s brewing parents decide the land is too valuable to remain a manufacturing site. There could be some amazing redevelopment opportunities that retain the building’s character and prominence. Living in a brewery… more than a dream?!
Tags: Fourex Milton Brisbane, Milton Road 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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