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Kangaroo Point: no longer a bridge too far
If a piece of infrastructure has been talked about for decades, does that mean it is inevitable that it will eventually be built, or that is so challenging that no authority will ever find the money to do the job?
On Sunday 15 December 2024 Brisbane’s Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner opened the new Kangaroo Point walking and cycling bridge, which spans the Brisbane River from the corner of Edward and Alice Streets in the CBD to Scott Street in Kangaroo Point.
As the Council’s Chair of Transport Cr Ryan Murphy (pictured left with BQ board member Richard Buning and BQ CEO Alton Twine) has put it: “Kangaroo Point is now part of the CBD.”
The BQ team was represented at the opening event by CEO Alton Twine.
In his speech at the opening, Lord Mayor Schrinner acknowledged that the Kangaroo Point bridge has been talked about in Brisbane since the 1800s, and the first plans for the bridge from 1890 were now 130 years old.
The key question, the Mayor said, was who would pay for the bridge. The answer turns out that it was funded by Brisbane City Council in partnership with the Federal Government.
Federal Minister for Infrastructure Catherine King also spoke at the opening and praised BCC’s vision for the bridge project.
Our photo above shows (from left) Cr Ryan Murphy, BQ board member Richard Buning, and BQ CEO Alton Twine on the new Kangaroo Point Bridge. Our video below gives some indication of the massive crowd which welcomed the new bridge.
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