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The third and fourth planned green bridges across the Brisbane River will connect West End and the old ABC site in Toowong, as well as Orleigh Park in West End and Guyatt Park in St Lucia.

Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner revealed the chosen construction sites on Tuesday morning, with the new river crossings to cater exclusively for pedestrians, cyclists and e-scooters – no cars or buses.

An artist impression of one of the planned new green bridges to link West End and St Lucia.

Cr Schrinner said community consultation in recent months had generated more than 4000 pieces of feedback and the two chosen sites had strong public support.

“We know there is strong support right across the community for these two locations – these are the preferred locations, now it’s about optimising the design of the two new bridges and working with the community, going forward,” he told ABC Radio Brisbane on Tuesday.

“So what we will be doing now is finalising the business case for both bridges by the end of this year, and then we’re talking to the other two levels of government about the funding mechanisms.”

Brisbane City Council has committed $550 million towards the green bridges project, but Cr Schrinner said he would ask the state and federal governments for financial support.

The old ABC site in Toowong was purchased by Consolidated Property Group for $43.5 million earlier this year, but Cr Schrinner said the new owners were aware of council’s interest in the land.

The site at 600 Coronation Drive received 83 per cent support in community feedback.

Cr Schrinner said the second link between Orleigh Park in West End and Guyatt Park in St Lucia received 64 per cent public support.

“West End is effectively a peninsula; if you look at the aerial maps, it is cut off, there are not a lot of connections in and out and there has been massive growth, it is a really popular suburb to live in … we want to break down the barriers and make new connections,” he told ABC Radio Brisbane.

“But also, there is a massive amount of traffic going towards the University of Queensland, Toowong Village and the Toowong train station – so this will connect people really easily, with a short walk across the bridge.”

Council opposition leader Jared Cassidy described Tuesday’s announcement as “hollow” and said it proved Cr Schrinner “can’t manage ratepayers’ money”.

“The LNP Lord Mayor doesn’t even have the funding to build these two inner-city pedestrian bridges. He’s hoping other levels of government will come to his rescue and provide hundreds of millions of dollars,” Cr Cassidy said in a statement.

“Adrian Schrinner has also made sure these hypothetical bridges won’t cater for public transport, so even if they are eventually built, they’re going to do nothing to break the back of congestion in Brisbane.”

Construction was set to start on the first two green bridges later this year.

The Kangaroo Point bridge will link the eastern suburbs to the city centre, while the Breakfast Creek bridge will include a significant addition of bikeway to the Lores Bonney Riverwalk.

Cr Schrinner said 500 construction jobs would be created during the construction of the first two bridges. Both were expected to be completed in late 2023.

Brisbane City Council plans to build five new green bridges in total.

Originally published by the Brisbane Times HERE.

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