Posted by admin on 10 March 2010
Great news for residents in Gray Road and Morry Street, with the overnight announcement from Council that the new CityGlider bus service won’t be running past their homes.
Council’s bought the house on the corner of Hoogley and Orleigh, making room for a bus turnaround after collecting passengers from the Ferry. The other option was to remove those amazing figs trees….
CityGlider will be a high frequency inner city bus loop linking West End through the CBD to Newstead. Having it run past your home will be no fun.
So spending $1.6m on a 620m2 piece of land is probably a good political investment. Was the property worth that? According to public records the current owners paid $1.45m two years ago so it sounds about right. Certainly there’s few sales of riverfront property under $2m in areas like this any more.
Tags: Brisbane City Council, CityGlider Brisbane, Hoogley Street West End, Orleigh Street West End
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Posted by admin on 12 December 2009
It's time to go! West End Ferry terminal to be upgraded.
Jump on the Ferry at the West End stop on the corner of Hoogley and Orleigh Streets and you’ll see it is looking a bit tired. The good news is that an upgrade is on the way – the bad news is it won’t be until 2011.
Council has delivered on additional buses to the area but not everyone is happy about the extra traffic along the very quiet Gray and Ryan Roads. One suggestion is to rebound the traffic along Hoogley Street by adding a roundabout adjoining the ferry terminal, effectively making this a transport hub.
Sounds good to me… as long as they build a cafe on the roundabout!
Tags: Brisbane CityCats, Gray Road West End, Hoogley Street West End, Orleigh Street West End, roundabout, Ryan Road West End, West End Ferry Terminal
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