On 7 August 2008, the West Brisbane Greens hosted the Northern Link Tunnel Forum. Here is a summary of the meeting and links to more resources. Also: The West Brisbane Greens Branch will be hold its AGM and pre-selection for the State electorates of Indooroopilly and Moggill at 2pm on Sunday 5th of October 2008 at the Indooroopilly Library meeting room, Indooroopilly Shoppingtown – all welcome.
The Northern Link Tunnel is a proposal for a tunnel to the end of the Western Freeway at Toowong to the Inner City Bypass at Kelvin Grove. The toll road will take traffic (in particular trucks) from the Warrego highway, through the Kenmore Bypass and Centary Highway to link with the Inner City Bypass. The stacks for the tunnel will be located in the Brisbane Botanical Gardens at Mt Coot-tha and in Victoria Park at Herston consuming Brisbane’s green space.
The Forum’s speakers included Mark Beilby (Save the Inner West), Tristan Peach (No More Tunnels), Councilor Kim Flesser – Northgate (ALP) and the 2008 mayoral candidate Jo Bragg (Greens).
Local resident Mark Beilby discusses the pollution effects of the stacks on the community. Town planner, Tristan Peach discusses the funneling of road projects that feed into Northern Link, including the Kenmore Bypass. Further, the traffic modeling for the Airport Link / Hale Street Bridge is examined. (Part 1)
Newman’s “mandate”, the on / off ramps, the “filtration” of the stacks, Councilor Peter Matic’s (Toowong) response and the cost of the Northern Link Tunnel were discussed by Councilor Flesser. (Part 2)
Environmental lawyer Jo Bragg discussed the BCC’s response to community consultation by government, the Greens light rail alternative and the BCC greenhouse emissions. (Part 3)
Northern Link Tunnel Forum – Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=429U_bBl6h0
Northern Link Tunnel Forum – Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5HxtIwv-yo
Northern Link Tunnel Forum – Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQddCGRnGWY
Save the Inner West: http://www.savetheinnerwest.org
Northern Link: http:///www.northernlinkeis.com.au
Queensland Greens: http://www.qld.greens.org.au
Green Up Brisbane: http://www.greenupbrisbane.net
3 Comments to “Northern Link Tunnel Forum report – Also: Greens meeting 5 October 2PM”
Marg
I have just received the Westside News and there is the best letter I have ever seen about the Kenmore Bypass. Well done Craig for highlighting that Moggill rd is part of the commercial corridor and that the Kenmore Bypass is a road through the quiet RESIDENTIAL area of Kenmore. It is indeed not a bypass of Kenmore because it goes through Kenmore.
I would like to add that being a residental area it sould stay a residential, this is where people live, eat, sleep. go for walks, play, rest, listen, greive, escape the maddness of this crazy world. Have BBQs in our homes and in our quiet backgardens, discover nature, exercise our dogs, breathe deeply and raise our families and love them.
This is not the place for a freeway and it should never have been considered as a solution to congestion in the west. It is a really senseless thing to do to a community, to impinge upon and in many cases ruin their lives.
In addition I will be attending the meetings above, we must pull together to save the west so that sensible and sustainable solutions can be found to our problems.
Convenor West Brisbane Greens Branch
To clarify the heading:
At 2:00pm, Sunday 5 October at the Indooroopilly Library meeting room is the West Brisbane Greens Branch pre-selection for Moggill and Indooroopilly.
New members welcome.
Contact: office@qld.greens.org.au
[note from admin: in reply to this welcome comment, I edited headline to make it more clear the post has two separate topics]
Victoria
I wonder where all the traffic counters have gone???? They too must have school holidays!! Certainly is a great way to get an accurate traffic count.