29 April, 2013
Legacy Way Update - Legacy Way Breaks Through at Kelvin Grove
24 April 2013LEGACY WAY BREAKS THROUGH AT KELVIN GROVE
The first of Legacy Way’s two boring machines, Joyce, broke through last Wednesday, 24th April, completing the tunnelling on the project’s northbound lanes some five months faster than forecast.
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12 April, 2013
Moggill Road and Western Freeway Interchange Upgrade
Transcity will be holding drop-in sessions to provide information about the Moggill Road and Western Freeway Interchange Upgrade and upcoming works. The sessions are as follows:Saturday 13 April - 9:00-11:00am
Carinya Park, Carinya Street
Indooroopilly
Th...
23 November, 2012
Legacy Way Update: Western connection urban design
From early 2015, Transcity will reinstate the areas impacted by Legacy Way construction at the western connection in Toowong. Transcity will also make improvements to public spaces and pedestrian connectivity, with upgrades planned for selected shared user paths and the Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mt ...01 November, 2012
ANNABELL REACHES ONE KILOMETRE MARK
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk today announced that Annabell, the first of Legacy Way’s two tunnel boring machines, has reached the one kilometre mark on the 4.6 kilometre tunnel.The Lord Mayor said this was another major milestone for the project, with Annabell exceeding expectations to ...
22 February, 2012
Miles of tiles to line Legacy Way
The production of almost 40,000 concrete tiles which will line the 4.6km Legacy Way tunnel from Toowong to Kelvin Grove is well underway – signalling another major step forward for the project.Lord Mayor Graham Quirk today inspected a pre-cast factory at Wacol that has produced ar...
28 June, 2011
Legacy Way construction conditions toughest ever
construction works are set to begin on the $1.5 billion Legacy Way project that has the toughest conditions ever for a tunnel project in Queensland.Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said the 4.6km road tunnel connecting the Western Freeway at Toowong to the Inner City Bypass would have minimal...
03 December, 2010
Indooroopilly Roundabout to be Removed
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman today unveiled plans to replace the dangerous Indooroopilly roundabout with traffic lights as part of his commitment to tackling congestion on Moggill Rd.Cr Newman said plans involved removing the roundabout and replacing it with a major six-lane T-interse...
21 May, 2010
Go Between Bridge Toll Cut to $1.50 Until 2011
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman has cut the $2.70 one way toll for the Go Between Bridge to $1.50 until next year as a result of a $42 million saving by Council in construction costs.Cr Newman said the toll would rise to $2.00 for six months until 30 June 2011. The toll would then rise to...
03 December, 2009
Go Between Bridge Spans River
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman’s Go Between Bridge now spans the Brisbane River after the final section of concrete was poured on the bridge deck today.Cr Newman said the 300 metre long deck for the bridge, which links Milton and South Brisbane, actually consisted of two separate decks...
22 October, 2009
Scrub Rd Delivered on Time & Under Budget
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman has delivered on another major suburban road project with the completion of the $6.7 million Scrub Road extension project in Brisbane’s east.The project, another in the Lord Mayor’s Road Action Program to improve safety, accessibility and congestion, wa...
22 July, 2009
More Traffic Response Units to Tackle Congestion
Deputy Mayor Graham Quirk has launched the latest model of Traffic Response Units (TRUs) to help clear accidents and reduce traffic congestion on Brisbane roads.Dubbed the TRU Max, the two new trucks are fitted with innovative technology not used in any other state in Australia that...
23 June, 2009
State Should Learn From Council
A DAMNING report into the Bligh Government’s handling of traffic congestion has said the State Government should learn a thing or two from the Brisbane City Council.In a report to Queensland Parliament, State Auditor-General Glenn Poole found South East Queensland’s urban transpo...
26 May, 2009
CLEM7 Tunnelling Reaches Its End
Tunnelling for the CLEM7 between Bowen Hills and Woolloongabba is complete after the second Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) broke through at the southern end this morning.Lord Mayor Campbell Newman said it took ‘Matilda’, the 4000-tonne, $50 million TBM, almost 18 months to bore a ho...
18 May, 2009
Hale Street Link Bridge One Year On
Work on the Hale Street Link bridge has been going for a year, bringing Brisbane a step closer to reduced traffic congestion, Lord Mayor Campbell Newman said today.The $370 million project is one of the Lord Mayor’s major ‘TransApex’ bridge and tunnel projects, designed to crea...
20 April, 2009
Northern Link Ramps Ruled Out For Toowong
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman has officially ruled out Toowong connections for the Northern Link tunnel.
The decision means that Northern Link will now run straight through from the Western Freeway to the Inner City Bypass, with no exit or entry points in between.
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