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Started by ozbob, November 10, 2011, 03:25:40 AM

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From the Couriermail click here!

Riverwalk to be 'almost indestructible'

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Riverwalk to be 'almost indestructible'

   by: Sarah Vogler
   From: The Courier-Mail
   November 10, 2011 12:00AM

BRISBANE'S new Riverwalk is set to be almost indestructible and designed to withstand a mammoth one-in-2000-year flood event under a plan to be unveiled by City Hall today.

The $70 million design will be fixed, not floating, and built higher than its problem-plagued predecessor, which broke into pieces, was torn from its moorings and sent hurtling down the Brisbane River during at the height of the January flood.

The initial cost will be met by the state and federal governments, with ratepayers to foot the bill for maintenance, tipped to cost up to $330,000 a year over the new Riverwalk's 100-year life span.

Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said he believed it would cost much less than that to maintain in its initial years.

Cr Quirk said the new walk would be 1m wider than the original Riverwalk to allow cyclists and pedestrians to have separate lanes.

Council will soon call for tenders to design and construct the new walk, with building expected to start in early 2013 and take just under 18 months.

"The new Riverwalk will be permanently fixed to concrete pylons that are secured deep into the riverbed. During a major flood event, water will flow over the top rather than causing it to break and wash away downstream," Cr Quirk said.

"Nothing is indestructible but it certainly will have a high level of resilience in terms of future flood events."

The new design, which will once again run from the Howard Smith Wharves to Merthyr Rd, New Farm, was chosen following weeks of public consultation in which 73 per cent of respondents supported rebuilding.

It will be built above the highest tide mark to lessen corrosion and will have an opening at the Merthyr Rd end to allow riverside residents to bring their boats in and out.

The previous floating Riverwalk, which cost $17 million and was supposed to withstand a one-in-100-year flood event, had been plagued by maintenance issues since opening in 2003.
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From the Brisbanetimes click here!

Riverwalk design won't float

QuoteRiverwalk design won't float
Tony Moore
November 10, 2011 - 3:00AM

The floating Riverwalk is set to be replaced, but not in the form that saw part of its previous incarnation float away at the height of January's flood.

Instead, a $70 million fixed Riverwalk, which will not rise and fall with the tide, will be built in its place.

Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said the new structure would be built above the Brisbane River, from the Howard Smith Wharves to New Farm, and would be wider than the original floating five-metre-wide floating structure.

"It will be built to six metres in width, one metre wider than the original Riverwalk to make it easier for the cyclists and the pedestrians," he said.

"It will be like we have done with the new Bicentennial Bikeway along Coronation Drive.

"It will make it safer and eliminate the conflict that we see between cyclists and pedestrians on occasions."

Brisbane residents were given five options to choose from in August after the federal and state governments contributed $75 million to re-build the Riverwalk, which was all but destroyed in January.

The option chosen was Option B after all five options were put on display in August.

Cr Quirk said more than 70 per cent of the 1300 residents who voted in the online poll wanted the Riverwalk replaced.

The final choice reflected a combination of residents' wishes, the engineers' recommendations and Brisbane City Council's desire to choose a "low cost" option.

"This model of Riverwalk is a more cost-effective option," Cr Quirk said.

In August, Option B's final cost was estimated at $67.1 million, however it has "firmed" at $70 million.

Annual maintenance costs will be lower than the old floating Riverwalk, down from $650,000 to $330,000 per year.

It will also have an opening for boats that are moored on the shoreline, although details of this were unable to be obtained last night.

This morning's announcement will come as Acting Premier Andrew Fraser and Queensland Senator Joe Ludwig announce $48 million of the $145 million state and federal flood reconstruction funds had been bought forward.

"Queenslanders will never forget the devastating images of the Riverwalk breaking away from its foundations and weaving a dangerous path down the Brisbane River - as well as the relief we all felt when the tugs guided the wreck into open waters before they caused untold damage," Mr Fraser said.

"Similarly, ferry infrastructure took a battering when the river broke its banks in early January, and left the city without ferries and CityCats."

Senator Ludwig said the money to be announced today included $24.7 million for the Riverwalk restoration and $23 million for Brisbane's ferry terminals.

"The fast-tracked funding will ensure these iconic symbols of the city are rebuilt as soon as possible, which is good for business, good for the city and great news for the people of Brisbane," he said.

A spokesman for Cr Quirk said planning for both projects was well advanced.

Fine tuning the design will take place before the construction of the project goes out to tender.

Work on re-building the Riverwalk will not start until 2013 and be finished in 2014, the spokesman said.

Queensland Reconstruction Authority chairman Major General Richard Wilson said good co-operation had allowed other Brisbane projects to be fast-tracked for repairs.

"Already, approvals for projects like the Rocks Riverside Park in Seventeen Mile Rocks and the Radnor Street rebuild in Indooroopilly have been fast tracked," he said.

Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/riverwalk-design-wont-float-20111109-1n7h1.html
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HappyTrainGuy

Looks good. Pitty I won't be using it though  :P

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Come on HTG, I thought you would zooming along it on a Segway ...   :P   :bo
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Haha. With some tassles on the handle bars and wearing one of those football shaped aerodynamic helmets  :hg

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Quote from: ozbob on February 19, 2014, 09:56:18 AM
Brisbanetimes --> Riverwalk set to be ready mid-year

Some photographs from a CityCat last week ..







Photographs R Dow 13th February 2014
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Riverwalk opens today at 10.30am! Be at Howard Smith Wharves to be one of the first to walk the new #riverwalkbne http://bne.cc/1raTB2a
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