Article: Long quest for new home almost over for Kangaroo Bus Lines

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Long quest for new home almost over for Kangaroo Bus Lines

Long quest for new home almost over for Kangaroo Bus Lines

    by: Glenn Roberts, Caboolture Shire Herald
    From: Quest Newspapers
    February 13, 2012 12:00AM

Kangaroo Bus Lines' new $18.6 million depot will become operation at Burpengary later this month, six years after the company started looking for a site to replace its crowded Morayfield Rd base.

KBL managing director Daryl Webster said he was ``over the moon'' with the 30,311sqm facility on Pitt Rd which has space for up to 147 buses, including seven maintenance bays with workshops, and offices.

"Our staff will welcome the new facility with lockers, showers, driver recreation areas and ample customer car parking,'' Mr Webster said.

"The new depot is also environmentally sustainable, with a 200,000 litre capacity water storage tank to reduce our call on town water.

"Almost 170 solar panels on the roof will generate 30.6Kw of renewable energy, reducing our call on the electricity grid.

State Transport Minister Annastacia Palaszczuk said both the TransLink Network Plan and the State Government's Connecting SEQ 2031 plan identified the Moreton Bay region as a "hot-spot'' for public transport growth.

KBL currently has 90 buses and coaches, runs 2245 services on 60 routes a week and employs 128 people.

[SurfRail]

Plenty of expansion happening recently:

- Surfside's Coomera depot
- Hornibrook's North Lakes depot
- BT's Sherwood depot (open this coming Monday)
- BT's Eagle Farm depot (2013-2014)
- Sunbus' Caloundra depot
- Extra CityCat berthing
- Redbank stabling

Now let's see some movement on Wulkuraka and Clapham...

[HappyTrainGuy]

Wulkuraka is happening pretty soon 

[mufreight]

Wulkuraka is happening pretty soon 

You mean in your lifetime.

[HappyTrainGuy]

Its part of the NGR contract.

[O_128]

Like this?

[mufreight]

Its part of the NGR contract.

Which in its present form might seem unlikely to survive a change of government.

[somebody]

Its part of the NGR contract.

Which in its present form might seem unlikely to survive a change of government.

Good point.  I wonder if Can Do would commit to this?