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“As part of our review of all spending, we were able to remove Labor’s gold plating and deliver greater benefits to the community for the same money,” Mr Emerson said.apparently this includes
The proposed seven kilometres of pathway/bikepath and lowering the Springfield Link Bridge will no longer be delivered as part of this project.Of all the short sighted bull**it I have heard over the years I have never once thought of a Queensland bikeway as goldplating, and when you compare it with what they get in the Netherlands it ain't gold plated hell this isn't even chrome plated. It's a bit of flipping concrete that is only 100mm thick placed on bare earth what the hell is so dame gold plated about that.
The fact is the Springfield area of the great Brisbane region is one of the most car dependant. It has poor public transport options and bicycle infrastructure is next to nothing when you try to use it to access real destinations. What is the result, ofcourse more cars! hello CHICKEN & THE EGG.
This bikeway would of allowed this cycle to be slowly undone but ofcourse that will not be so now, because it was "gold plating". If and I repeat if the department does try to go back in later years and trys to fit in bicycle infrastructure it will be at far greater expense and will surely be up to the same standard that would of originally been planned. Why do I say that, well unless the bridges are designed now to be retro fitted it is more than likely ever crossing of the roads will be road level resulting a ridiculously slow travel.
This is a stupid short sighted decision based on politics and not good common sense. This is a distressing movement when there has been no announcement regarding the Northern Cycleway yet.
PS here is the courier mail article on it, try not to read the comments they will just depress you.
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