Work to begin on Brisbane's Centenary Bridge in new year – but not without a $50m blowout
Work will finally begin on the Centenary Bridge duplication in Brisbane’s west in the new year, but it will come with a $50 million cost blowout and, according to public transport advocates, will do little to fix the area’s growing congestion problem.
“The state government has gift-wrapped Queenslanders a Christmas present – a $50 million blowout and a two-year delay on a project that was promised before the last election,” he said.An artist’s impression of the proposed Centenary Bridge duplication.Palaszczuk said more than 85,000 vehicles used the existing bridge every day, a number that would increase.
But Robert Dow, from public transport advocacy group Rail: Back on Track, said the additional general traffic lanes would do little to combat congestion.“The problem with the Centenary Motorway is that there is simply too much traffic, and it is only getting worse month by month,” he said. “There is a complete lack of prioritised public transport infrastructure along the Centenary and Western Freeway motorway corridors. What would relieve congestion is to get a mode shift from private motor vehicles to buses.
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