its so frustrating to hear the govt talk about boosting public transport, reducing car dependancy etc - yet still plan to build freeways!

kenmore and beyond will suffer in the future, particularly with no rail and no busway. the preserved corridor would be better used for a public transfport corridor. not a toll road.

No 2 is the reservation of the decision of the ex liberals i.e. Howard to build the Goodna Bypass

Now I hear on t.v. that the Rudd Govt has now back lipped on its promise to stop the Goodna Bypass

The Goodna Bypass has 2 bridges to cover the Brisbane City River

That proposal was protected by a covenent that there would be no exits or entrances onto that part of the Goodna Bypass that crossed the river

Now that covenents are being broken!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What plans do they really have?????

Main Roads maintain they have a preserved corridor for a little bit of Kenmore i.e from Moggil Road to Centenary Highway.

However, they still have lines on the maps ubd referdex etc. that shows two lines continue from Moggil Road intersection with the “proposed” Kenmore Bypass out through Pullenvale and all the way out to the Warrigo Highway,

FLEGG opposes stage two of the Kenmore Bypass to the Warrigo Highway through his back yard -

Margaret de Wit is also is also in favour of the Kenmore Bypass
It probably will go past her property

The MRD has a Grand Plan for the whole of the whole of Brisbane

The Kenmore Bypass is just stage one of many stages that they will not disclose until it suits them to diminish the values of all adjoining properties along its grand plan.

The Grand Plan needs to be ivestigated under f.o.i to the full for the whole of Brisbane, Logan Ipswich etc. and give a projeced timetable of when these proposals will take place.

Highly concerned for you your neighbours and your investments.

Mark

he said something like this: “Sydney has Parramatta, then the Blue Mountains, Brisbane will have Ipswich, then Toowoomba”. I infer that he means he is encouraging urban sprawl all the way to Toowoomba?

NB these comments are just my recollections and are not from a transcript.

Why are politicians so obsessed with growth and development?

i doubt any in-depth studies have been condutcted, and that this is just an excuse to keep investing in roads and freeways???

anyone else have any info?

I’m a fig tree pocket resident interested in starting or joining a green group, wanting to change things so people can and will live more sustainably

I am a very big supporter of a traffic bridge from Bellbowrie to Riverhills. I had heard previously (before finding this website) that money had been placed aside by the developer for said bridge. My question is where is the money now and furthermore, where is the bridge? Does anyone know information / reponses from council / main roads etc?

(a) the KBPS appears inadequate as it has dealt only with local technical / environmental implications of a project that would have significant regional implications (eg the ‘rat-running’ through the Western suburbs that puts pressure on Moggill Road, and has led to the preservation of the Moggill Pocket Arterial route for which the Kenmore Bypass would seem to be intended to be the first stage);

(b) both the KBPS and the Moggill Pocket Arterial options are in at least one key respect, incompatible with the the new transport philosophy embodied in the recently completed Western Brisbane Transport Network Strategy, which has taken a forward-looking approach to the broader regional context (though some possible complementarities with the KBPS can be suggested);

(c) given current huge pressure for, and constraints on, government infrastructure spending, it is critical to ensure that money is not wasted on options that do not make long term sense (and this defect appears to apply to both the Kenmore Bypass and Moggill Pocket Arterial options).

The above comments are presented in more detail at:
http://cpds.apana.org.au/BrizWestTrail/Transport.htm#13_10_09

What a man! I only had limited contact with him unfortunately.

He urged me to resign from the Community Reference Group as he said I was being used as a political pawn who would be ignored. Even after the derogatory comments made about him at the CRG, I stayed bacause some of you urged me to.

Only a fortnight ago Ric was thinking of our Koalas. Ringing Helen to advise her of a Koala run over on the Centenary Highway. Who will fight for them now?

He was someone who was prepared to speak the truth and take the criticism of unprofessional people in the environmental consulting world making a profit out of others misery - mainly Koalas. I was and remain angered by his treatment by Main Roads. At least he got to hear the Premier show more confidence in Ric’s opinion than theirs.

What an enormous loss. I will keep fighting against the Kenmore Bypass - encouraged by his unwavering support.

Thanks Ric, you made your mark on this world and mine. Wish there were more like you - people with a spine and conviction. Only the good die young.

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/better-traffic-light-system-six-months-away-20090824-ewmg.html

brisbane has several dedicated busways, but nothing of the sort in the western suburbs.

it is crazy to make the corridor another clogged up road - and lose a good opportunity to better public transport - which i think most of us want!

When that happens, I won’t lift a finger to help them. We’ve got the MR engineer coming out tomorrow, I wonder how often this lackey can say that no decision has been made, no funding, blah blah blah.

Liz you are correct every option over Gem rd is ridiculous but probably planned that way by MR. The government knows our Brisbane environment is big trouble and koalas are on the verge of extinction here and yet they ignore their own data on koalas.

Then we have dumb and dumber running the place it’s very disheartening to think of what will actually happen to Brisbane in the next 20 years with all these crazy people at the helm.

I don’t know what we can do to help them see sense that there are actually cheaper, better and quicker solutions to the Kenmore Bypass.

With the money spent so far on KB planning we could of had at a couple overpasses to keep traffic moving and separate our children from danger. What a waste.