Brisbane City Council’s Labor opposition remains opposed to the $1.4 billion Metro electric mega-bus project, despite it being backed on Monday by their state Labor colleagues.
Two mega-bus routes will begin in October as a central spine in and out of the CBD, with new suburban bus services linking to Brisbane Metro “hubs”.
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The Queensland government has approved plans for this new network – built around the all-electric Brisbane Metro link – after a two-year review.
But Labor’s council opposition leader Jared Cassidy says some Brisbane bus routes will be halved, merged or cut.
“In some wards, bus users will need to catch multiple services to navigate their way into the city despite their current service being direct,” Cassidy said.
The council’s public transport committee chair, Ryan Murphy, said three new services and 11 reshaped suburban services would link to the Brisbane Metro routes.
Some suburban services (11 per cent) to the city would be slower because commuters would first catch a suburban bus to an electric Metro “hub” and then catch the Metro to the city, he said.
Premier Steven Miles on Monday promised an additional $75 million from the state government to Brisbane City Council and increased the state government annual funding to the council’s bus network funding, from about 66 per cent to 75 per cent.
Source Agencies
