Article: Transport projects ?too far away?

[ozbob]

From the Redland Bay Times click here!

Transport projects ?too far away?

Transport projects ?too far away?
DANIEL HURST
5/06/2008 5:48:00 PM

REDLAND City Council, State Members, the Opposition and the Infrastructure Association of Queensland have raised concerns over the long wait for public transport and road upgrades.

The State Government?s latest infrastructure blueprint reveals three road projects affecting the Redlands will be delayed and some bus and train projects are 10 to 20 years away.

Council?s acting chief executive officer Greg Underwood said the plan now included Cleveland railway line upgrades beyond 2019, but this was ?too far off to improve current public transport problems in Cleveland?.

He said the Eastern Busway?s 2026 completion date was also too far away.

State Labor Member for Redlands John English admitted he was disappointed with the road upgrade timeframes but said the dates were ?not set in concrete? and would be reviewed.

Opposition infrastructure spokeswoman Fiona Simpson said the Government had undertaken poor planning in the first place, while shadow transport minister Tim Nicholls said the Redlands had been ignored.

Infrastructure Association executive director and former Redland mayoral candidate Paul Clauson said the Eastern Busway needed to be given a higher priority.

Labor MP for Capalaba Michael Choi said he would push for the busway and other projects to be sped up. Cleveland MP Phil Weightman said he would push for the rail duplication to be brought forward.

An Infrastructure Department spokesman said projects across South East Queensland had been ?re-sequenced to provide the best possible infrastructure program for the region as a whole?.

[ozbob]

The sooner the railway is duplicated the better.

Certainly those stations without passing loops could be upgraded first which would then allow higher frequency.

[Otto]

The sooner the railway is duplicated the better.

Certainly those stations without passing loops could be upgraded first which would then allow higher frequency.

I read that somewere before.. http://backontrack.org/mbs/index.php?topic=968.msg4245#msg4245

Seriously, That work should have been started 'Yesterday'. As for trip times by bus from Cleveland to the City, 20 years ago when I drove for Bayside ( now Veolia ) , the return trip time by bus was about 80% of the time it now takes for a bus to do the trip. In peak periods, it only took about 70% of the time now experienced by bus users.

[stephenk]

The sooner the railway is duplicated the better.

Certainly those stations without passing loops could be upgraded first which would then allow higher frequency.

Passing loops at all stations would allow for circa 8 minute bi-directional frequency, as opposed to circa 16mins bi-directional max at present.

Putting in a reversing siding at Manly would also allow Manly reversers to reverse without blocking a track. (Something which would also be useful at Mitchelton).