The feted North West Transport Corridor is no longer a viable option to ease suburban congestion, with Brisbane City Council instead looking underground for a solution.
A future motorway on Brisbane’s northside must go underground after a transport corridor preserved for 40 years was found to have become home to endangered species in bushland flanked by housing estates.Brisbane City Council
The research proposed a northern extension of the bus rapid transit and Brisbane Metro services that could coincide with the tunnel work, so road capacity is not simply taken up by more cars. And it has flagged the potential to also run a rail line through the tunnel to help share costs and maximise benefits.An 11-kilometre tunnel six lanes wide by 2031 to link the Airport Link tunnel near Stafford with the Bruce Highway at Bald Hills to free up Brisbane’s traffic-choked northern suburbs.
While Schrinner has yet to comment on the research, or proposals, he announced more Brisbane Metro vehicles on Monday and said: “I am now more confident than ever that we can look towards expanding the Metro network to other areas of our city.” “This study must start a conversation between all levels of government - and the private sector - about options to ensure northside commuters get home sooner and safer.”