It may appease the guilt of some to think that Main Roads have bought the homes of poor people unable to sell on the corridor of this freeway. However, what about the waste of Government funds to do this and what about the poor people who live next to the corridor who Main Roads CANNOT acquire because they don’t need their land to build the freeway.

I can’t get over politicians sending the message that this is all happy families. I can tell you it is not for mine, as I am sure it is not for yours!

And, by way of update, members of my family will likely have their ashes spread in our land in Kersley Road = so Main Roads will build their freeway over our dead bodies!

… but they will have to contend with the living first.

Laugh out loud!

Penny

I am told informally that costings are now in the order of $800 Million for the project.

The trip time savings modelled did not include an assumption that Northern Link would proceed - which it will. Northern Link’s traffic forecast so show Moggill Road east of Marshall Lane near free flow (the key issue on Moggill Road).

What was already a small cut to trip times to the city (a few minutes) is likely to halve.

In short, if they have done their numbers right - they come to the same conclusion as us - it doesn’t stack up.

As Mr Flegg notes, work has not begun on the planning/consultation process for upgrading the Western Freeway, which clearly carries more people and is a main road rather than a feeder road, has not commenced.

Clearly, there are more urgent needs.

The Government would be right to be targeting money to where it will deliver real relief, and to ignore options that quite clearly the sums do not add up on.

The initial literature was right - this is a difficult and costly route, before you even consider the profound impact on local families or the local environment.

Will let you all know if there is anything more concrete than whispers or the State member putting words in the Government or the Department’s mouth.

Grant Muller

Possibly good news?

D

BCC is complicient with extention of urban development in this whole area - not their fault????

anyone have more details?

Hello Victoria,

The project team currently expect to submitted the preliminary evaluation for a Kenmore Bypass to the Government for decision in the coming months. We anticipate a decision regarding the project later this year. Unfortunately an exact date for announcement is still unknown. The May 2010 announcement in the Westside News was information provided by local member Dr Bruce Flegg and not the department.

If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate in contacting the project team again.

Yours sincerely,
James
on behalf of the Kenmore Bypass project team

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this is 3 minutes we are talking about, in 2026 trip times.

That modelling did not include building Northern Link, so if the Council business case is right, those savings are likely to be (significantly) less than modelled because the purpose of Northern Link is to get traffic off of Moggill Road/Coronation Drive.

Almost all of the congestion is east of Marshall Lane

perhaps it is ferrying quarry trucks (est 1400/day) from kholo quarry to the port of brisbane?

http://www.dip.qld.gov.au/docs/library/pdf/ilp_kholo_recentdev_map2_nov05.pdf

Flegg could always support another LNP plan (difficult for Bruce to support his own constituents, let alone his colleagues I know). Lord Mayor Newmans $1.7 Billion investment in Northern Link is predicated on it reducing traffic on the Chapel Hill section of Moggill Road, because people stop taking the offramp at Chapel Hill and getting on to Moggill Road to avoid the congested Western freeway.

i doubt any real study has been undertaken though. I think it is a great idea! there is no kenmore traffic congestion during school holidays.

it is so very frustrating when good suggestions are put forward but quickly dismissed.

The system is simple enough - your child must catch the bus unless they have a special reason why they cannot; the bus routes are designed centrally for traffic menagement, but are flexible, so door-to-door service can be negotiated, within reason; and for security, a bus pass system is in place, where passes are given to both the child and to the adult who collects the child at the busstop, and these are checked by school attendents on the buses (my child is five, so is always collected by an adult at the stop and not allowed to walk home by themselves). This has cut traffic around the school dramatically.

Has anyone considered this sort of system for Kenmore Primary to reduce traffic there in the mornings and afternoons? Trust me, if it can work in Mumbai with the traffic conditions here, it can work in Kenmore!