Ashgrove Maroon Glider bus stop to be fixed as part of new Harry St Marketplace

[newbris]

The new Harry Street Marketplace at Ashgrove Village was approved October 2021. The suggestion from local retailers is that demolition of the existing Ashgrove Village will commence around mid-late 2022 and construction will take around 18 months.

DA: https://developmenti.brisbane.qld.gov.au/Home/FilterDirect?filters=DANumber=A005708435


Source: https://ashgrovetoday.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AshgroveHarryStreet.jpg

The first stop of the Maroon Glider route is adjacent to this development. For this reason the gliders sit at this bus stop for a significant amount of time. The width of the bus stop created for the glider has meant it often protrudes significantly into the left traffic lane of Stewart Road, impeding this major road's traffic.

The good news is that as part of the DA approval, the BCC has conditioned that a proper sized layover bus stop be constructed with land conceded by the developer to ensure a widened bus stop and an adjoining footpath can fit.

This significant new shopping mall should support growth in both the Ashgrove shopping precinct and the glider route.

[Cazza]

It's a shame they need so many bloody car parks. If only our surrounding bus network (including the lovely Ashgrove milk runs being the 372/3/7/8) weren't so crap you'd actually see people use the bus to go shopping, to the gym and even out to restaurants. This is before you take into account the complete non-existence of any sort of cycling/e-scooter infrastructure in the area.

I ride about a km along Ashgrove Avenue up to Ashgrove central to work and for small shops and Ashgrove Ave (being a 60km/h road) is just so hostile, even for me being a pretty fearless cyclist. Plus, there's no way I'd take my e-scooter up on the abysmal quality footpaths. No wonder this community centre is such a sad, car centric and really poor pedestrian experience.

[newbris]

Yes, as you know, even Waterworks Rd, running through Red Hill, past Spring Hill etc, some of the most dense suburbs in Brisbane, doesn't even have a frequent long span BUZ style service. The dairy cows out at Pinjarra Hills get a better bus service

During school term my children can get home using the 373 from the local catchment high school at Kelvin Grove to Ashgrove Central (12 mins) but can't get to school using the same bus as it diverts away from the school for some reason. This leaves them with an alternative 25 minute bus trip/s to travel 2.7 km (a 7 min drive). They are two major hubs in the area but they aren't even connected properly.


The Harry St Markets development application paid lip service to bike lanes around the shopping area. Basically yeah, nothing exists, and we'll continue that by pretending what is there is adequate. There is end of trip and visitor parking but not a pleasant ride to get there.

Btw, you probably know this, but there is a "long" way around via the bush paths of the Ithaca Creek bikeway to avoid Ashgrove Avenue if you are coming from the Newmarket end. Brings you up at Betheden Tce or Trout St. Of course, far, far longer but definitely more safe/peaceful. It's probably too far to make it worth your while. You shouldn't have to ride many miles out of your way just because people want to dump their cars on the side of a major transport road but that's where we are.

[City Designer]

I would not call a single 12.5m indent fixing the stop. There is room for one bus with no layover capacity. The Maroon Glider (61) frequently has two buses at the stop.

[newbris]

Yes I see it occassionally; maybe they took what they could get. Or it could be acknowledgement that the long term plan is still to extend the route to Enoggera Station. I do notice a second bus laying over at the unused bus stop on Harry St as well quite often. The developers tried to remove it but the council refused.