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Out of all of these awesome concepts I love bne123's hybrid combinatin of both light rail and an underground.
Its been over 1 year since
this... and it seems like the government is still ho-humming about this and that. I'm sick of it. There's an election coming up so we need to start seeing some concrete policies regarding Brisbane's future mass transit options.
This is South East Queensland!! We have the funds, the people and now we need political willpower!!! 25/08/08
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BUILDING BRIDGES: Premier Peter Beattie and deputy Anna Bligh pictured on the Goodwill Bridge. Top-secret CBD
Article from: The Sunday Mail (Qld)
July 15, 2007 12:00am
FIVE new pedestrian and cycle bridges across the river, a light-rail system and four super residential-office precincts will be built under new State Government plans.
Premier Peter Beattie will today unveil his Government's top-secret "visionary" plan for Brisbane's central business district in the report Smart Cities: Rethinking the City Centre.
Mr Beattie said he wanted to make Brisbane the "most attractive, charming and exciting" city in the world within the next 10 to 15years by taking vehicular traffic out of the CBD and making vast areas pedestrian-friendly.
He was inspired by a trip to Florence in Italy – a city, he said, that allowed people to walk everywhere with little hassle from cars and trucks.
His Smart Cities plan also identifies a "knowledge corridor" linking Brisbane's hospitals, universities and museums. All new education, research and cultural facilities would be located in this corridor.
The Government will initially spend $3.5 million drawing up the Smart City Master Plan and seek investment in projects from the private sector.
"It is one of the most important, most significant plans on the drawing board for any city in Australia," he told The Sunday Mail.
"The vision centres on linking South Bank and the CBD with Kelvin Grove and Bulimba through cross-river pedestrian bridges, inner-city pedestrian links and
a light-rail network that would stretch from South Brisbane to New Farm and possibly Bowen Hills.
"The central part of the strategy is a series of three pedestrian 'spines' that will link areas of high-density residential development and the major workplace centres with educational, cultural, shopping, lifestyle and entertainment facilities."
The spines will be South Bank to Bulimba; West End to Kelvin Grove Urban Village; and South Brisbane to Fortitude Valley.
They will be complemented by the new $63 million Tank Street Bridge, which has been given the go-ahead to link the CBD to the new Gallery of Modern Art,
and four additional bridges.
The other cross-river pedestrian and cycle links will be built between Bulimba and New Farm; New Farm and Kangaroo Point; Kangaroo Point and the CBD; and one beside the existing Victoria Bridge.
"The biggest mistake we made when we built the Goodwill Bridge in 2001 is that we didn't build more bridges at the time," Mr Beattie said.
The popular pedestrian and cycle way, linking South Bank and Gardens Point, cost $33 million, with more than 70,000 people using it every week.
Mr Beattie said the new bridges would cost $80 million each to build. The four super precincts would be built at Woolloongabba, Bowen Hills, South Brisbane and City West.
Some state land would be used, including 5ha near the Gabba, with the Government buying up property to develop the residential and office zones – which would each be larger than the CBD.
Deputy Premier, Treasurer and Minister for Infrastructure Anna Bligh said the pedestrian spines and bridges would link Brisbane's three major parks: the City Botanic Gardens, New Farm Park and Roma St Parkland.
"Together with existing facilities such as South Bank and the New Farm Riverwalk and new links such as North Bank, this plan will transform Brisbane into one of the world's great walking and cycling cities and reflect our subtropical, health-orientated lifestyle," Ms Bligh said.
The Smart State Council, formed in 2005 by the Premier to work on this master plan, had identified a "fragmented approach" to inner-city development.
Public submissions would run to August 13 and Mr Beattie would report back to Cabinet by the end of August.
Government info
Some images... LIGHT RAIL!!! YAY!!!
