Begin the multi-year process of building over the Ipswich rail line, from around upper Milton Road to Toowong and likely on-to Indooroopilly.
These regions are higher-density and destined for A LOT more apartments ie people, well located along a major rail corridor.
Govt will receivemoney from developers to build over/modernise the existing unused air-space.
Even Qld has tinkered with this at Toowong (on the corridor) and Fortitude Valley as examples. Sydney particularly has done a lot of this stuff during its own growth journey.
It will allow for the modernisation/upgrading of desired destination living regions, in the inner ring of Brisbane!
Frankly, with modern engineering, it’s basically a “low-hanging-fruit opportunity”, for revenue for the state, apartments [and other structures] for in demand housing and inner-urban lifestyle!
And yes, you can put some shinny new bus-stop signs in, somewhere, if you’re already scared buses might not be the main drawcard [for a change]!
Ok but at least doing it to Bowen Hills would at least make sense. The current area in and around Bowen Hills is an absolute shithole. Then again I could also use those words for a lot of parts of Brisbane, so please pardon my language.
Beyond money and effort, what prevents the government implementing air conditioning at Central? I imagine it requires platform screen doors to keep the cool air in, and therefore a standardisation of rail cars that we may not yet have implemented?
