The only big disruptor coming in 2 years will be the next local, State, and Federal elections all happening in 2028.
Expect the Olympics to be a main topic in SEQ Council and State elections policy campaigns.
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Vote for your Olympic Legacy here by pressing on the tiles
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^^I’ve voted for a couple already - The transport legacy one (coast to coast faster PT), bridge art projection, and 24 hour retail precincts incl supermarkets etc…
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Surprise! 
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Good thing I was sitting down so I didn’t faint due to the shock…
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And despite iron clad assurances that infrastructure costs will not increase … watch this space!
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Yep operational costs set to blow out due to much greater regional spread of events.
Did they pay any attention to Victoria’s experience with that for Commonwealth Games?! 
Brisbane 2032 Olympics: IOC questions Queensland's regional Games plan over costs and venue concerns
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De Vos said the IOC needed to see “specific solutions” for the logistical challenges of having the Games spread across such a large area of Queensland.
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But Liveris conceded the Crisafulli government’s focus on spreading the Games across Queensland would hit Brisbane 2032’s bottom line.
While venue delivery was government funded, the running of the Games – originally $4.9 billion, for which Liveris and the Brisbane 2032 organising committee was responsible – would be funded through revenue raising, such as ticket sales, broadcasting rights, and commercial sponsorship.
Under the host contract, taxpayers could have to cover the cost of any operational shortfall beyond that budget.
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“We had the bid budget and that bears no resemblance to reality, especially right now,” Liveris said.
“So we are working with the IOC on the revised budget.
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“The revised budget, when we finish with that work product, will now have these new locations – the new locations of small villages – and obviously, transportation issues to get to those places.
“Those will be new costs that we have to work closely with our government delivery partners on.”
The last part is code for Goverment Department’s will have to cover more operational costs within their budgets, so it shows as in-kind on the OC’s budget and they still claim delivery ‘within budget’.
Which means Olympic operational costs will divert investment in other services in areas like….transport….
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The Brisbane Green Grid 
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With most of the inner city roads closed off for the Games, the need for green lanes would be redundant.
The only feasible green grid would be the Albert St connecting Roma St to City Botanical., the rest are bus routes.
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Uleman said Central was effectively buried beneath the Sofitel hotel and a brutalist office block, disconnected from its surroundings, and its layout needed to be simplified, so way-finding signage only reinforced what visitors and commuters already saw.
The John McAslan + Partners design proposed new escalators to “end load” the platforms, rather than have all commuters enter around the middle.Redesigning Central to better integrate into surrounding precincts would open it up to the north – something that would only become more vital once the planned Brisbane Stadium was built at Victoria Park.
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“At the moment, it breaks the north-south connection across the city – it’s diabolical to get up the hill to King Edward Park and so on,” he said.
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“That’s the green connection that can connect, eventually, Victoria Park and the Olympics, bringing people down into Central Station and into the CBD of Brisbane.
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It has been almost a decade since the Palaszczuk government announced a $67 million refurbishment of the station – an ambitious project that was not ultimately fully delivered.
The QR Central Station Upgrade project page is still live. No dates on the information.
Queensland Rail has been working to upgrade the facilities at Central station, making them more reliable for customers.
Works completed to date include the refurbishment of back-of-house facilities (with new offices, first aid area and customer communication facilities), as well as the replacement of lifts on platforms 1-4. Additionally, the escalators between Central Station and the Anzac Square arcade, and the adjacent stairs have been upgraded to enhance reliability, safety and customer experience.
The next phase of work will involve upgrading the escalators and lift on platforms 5 and 6.
I can’t see anything happening until CRR opens which would then give more flexibility for shuffling services around platform closures.
But given the claimed timeframe for CRR opening now will there be time before the Olympics?
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It absolutely makes sense to wait til Cross River Rail is operational as the load on Central should be substantially reduced then.
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I really hope more details of the John McAslan + Partners design surface, as I am really interested by their proposal. Looks like they intend to remove the upper level concourse almost completely, which would be a big change!
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Spanish solution platforms? 
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I would suspect that’s only for the line closest to Ann Street, as it effectively reinstates the station’s original building-side platform.
However, thinking about it, doing this would reduce the station to 5 lines, as the Platform 1 line butts up hard against the edge of the building.
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I think after CRR opens, a 4 platform station would suffice anyhow.
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You’d need to change it to this:
Ipswich-Airport and Springfield-Shorncliffe (P1 northbound P2 southbound)
Cleveland-Ferny Grove and Doomben Line (P3 northbound P4 southbound)
Currently
P1&P2 Cleveland, Beenleigh, Goldy
P3&P4 Ferny Airport Shorny Doomben
P5 Ippy, Springfield.
P6 Reddy Caboo SC
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Post CRR methinks
P1/2 To Ipswich, Springfield
P3/4 To Shorncliffe, Airport & Doomben
P5 To Cleveland
P6 To ferny Grove
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Bowen holls
P1,P3 all northbound
P2,P4 all southboud
P1/2 Sector 2
P3/4 Sector 3
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Fortitude valkey
P1,P2 all northbound
P3,P4 all southboud
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Roma street
P1,P2 Metro
P3 NSW XPT
P4,5 Ferny to Cleveland
P6,7 to Airport, shorncliffe, Doomben
P8,9 to Springfield, Ipswich
P10 Tilt train etc
P11,12 All sector 1 lines
I don’t think this can be right. The sector 2 trains have to stay on the mains and because of the track and tunnel layout that means only using platform 5 southbound and 6 northbound. This means Ferny Grove and Cleveland have four platforms between them, which is a waste but there’s not really any way around it. A similar situation will exist at Roma St although you could, at a pinch have the southbound sector 2 trains swing over to platforms 6 and 7, but it’s a bit messy.
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I just hope this translates to more services long-term
Then the central station needs to be recofigured and teacks switches adjusted for the better as Sector 3 using 4 lines just for Ferny to zcleveland is overkill for Central.station
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