The Federal Government has announced another $200 million in funding for transport projects in Brisbane.
This funding aims to support the planning and development of active transport routes throughout the city, with $50 million going towards the delivery of a business case, in partnership with the State Government, as well as Brisbane City Council, to expand the Brisbane Metro to the city’s northern suburbs.
Projects receiving additional funding include the Moggill Road Corridor Upgrade (Indooroopilly Roundabout Project ($78.5 million)), Brisbane Metro ($51.5 million) and the Brisbane Valley Highway Safety Upgrades ($20 million).
The Brisbane Valley Highway Safety Upgrades will improve road safety and reduce road injuries and fatalities along the highway, while the Moggill Road Corridor Upgrade project will see the replacing of the Indooroopilly roundabout with an overpass over Moggill Road, upgrading key intersections and providing new on-road cycling facilities and footpaths.
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Brisbane City Council will also receive $5 million towards a $12 million project to construct the Sylvan Road Bikeway under the Albanese Government’s $100 million Active Transport Fund.
This will complete the link between the Western Freeway Bikeway and the Bicentennial Bikeway – providing 20 kilometres of continuous dedicated cycling path between Brisbane’s west and the CBD.
All up, this brings the Federal Government’s financial commitment to transport projects in Queensland over the next decade to $28.9 billion.
Senator Murray Watt said the additional funding was a strong contribution to “keep the city moving”.
““With Brisbane continuing to grow at a rapid pace, it’s important we invest in projects that improve connectivity and build safe and active transport options for our residents – and that what this funding does,” Watt said.
