Questions on Notice from today’s Council meeting have revealed stagnant or worsening congestion on three major Council roads.
The Inner-City Bypass, Kingsford Smith Drive and Wynnum Road have had suffered stagnant average peak AM and PM travel times at best and declining average speeds at worst.
The data follows recent reporting showing that Brisbane commuters are losing two weeks per year stuck in congestion and crawling through 4 peak hours of congestion per day.
Two thirds of all commutes are suburb to suburb while one third are between suburbs and the CBD.
During Question Time in today’s Council meeting, LNP Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner had tried to defend his record by referencing the Brisbane Metro and road resurfacing projects.
However, Brisbane Labor Opposition Leader Jared Cassidy had claimed that today’s data was a “damning assessment” on congestion under the Adrian Schrinner and his LNP Council.
“Adrian Schrinner and his LNP Council have failed to deliver congestion-busting public transport across our city.”
“Every time Brisbane has had a bus review under the LNP, it’s resulted in less suburban bus services connecting where people to live where they need to work and play.”
“Brisbane has four peak hours of congestion per day and we’re losing two weeks each year to congestion. Brisbane is stuck under Schrinner.”
The Opposition Leader had also referenced earlier warnings made by Brisbane Labor a decade ago that the $650 million upgrade of Kingsford Smith Drive would not deliver value for money and today’s figures were reflective of that.
Questions on Notice from 2021 showed average speeds continued to decline even after the Kingsford Smith Drive upgrade during AM and PM peaks.
