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Dates to Remember
 
 
5 April
 
Submissions Close

The opportunity to provide feedback to Translink and the State Government on the proposed changes will close on 5 April.

Ensure you have submitted your submissions prior to close of business.

URGENT
STATE GOVERNMENT (TRANSLINK)
REVIEW OF BUS ROUTES
MESSAGE FROM COUNCILLOR

Recently the bus review by State Government body Translink has been released and there are impacts to many of the bus services within Parkinson Ward.

Brisbane City Council DO NOT set the bus routes or timetabling  - it is the State Government, however I welcome your feedback so I can continue to advocate on your behalf.  Having lived in our local area for three decades I have personally encountered how our bus services have grown with our community and I do not support cuts to these services.

I encourage you to forward this E-News on to all of your contacts so they can consider impacts the changes may have on them for work, their children who may need to get to school or university, or other members of their family or friends who may need to access nursing homes, hospitals or even connections to rail services.

I have endeavoured to provide a short summary of some of the changes for most Parkinson Ward bus routes below but I encourage everyone to look into the detail of the bus routes they use  and the changes proposed.

Cr Angela Owen-Taylor
Councillor for Parkinson Ward

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STATE GOVERNMENT (TRANSLINK) BUS REVIEW
Have your say before Close of Business on 5 April
If you use a service not listed below, 'click here' to be redirected to Translink's website.
 

HOW TO LODGE A SUBMISSION - before close of business 5 April 2013

  1. Provide an online submission direct to Translink by clicking here
  2. Send your submission to Translink at GPO Box  50, Brisbane QLD 4001
  3. Send your submission to the Minister for Transport at GPO Box 2644,   Brisbane Qld 4001 or fax to (07) 3224 2493 or email at transportandmainroads@ministerial.qld.gov.au
  4. Send your submission to the Assistant Minister by email chatsworth@parliament.qld.gov.au or fax (07) 3398 4680
  5. Send a  COPY of your submission to parkinson.ward@ecn.net.au or to Cr Angela Owen-Taylor  PO Box 5236  Algester Qld 4115 so I can include your concerns in the Ward submission I will lodge on behalf of local residents

PROPOSED STATE GOVERNMENT CHANGES TO BUS ROUTES

ROUTE 100

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This route will no longer be included in the frequent network  and will be replaced by 2 other services. The new services will not pick up from Grand Avenue and late night travel for people working in the CBD or accessing universities may be impacted due to proposed reduction in services. 

ROUTE 101

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Residents of Doolandella will no longer be able to access Blunder Rd without changing to a second bus which is likely to extend travel times. Nor will residents be able to access Corinda any more.

ROUTE 118

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This proposed change removes services from Heathwood as no longer will the bus route go via Parkwood Drive and residents living to the south of Forest Lake Blvd in the Grand Avenue precinct will no longer be able to directly access a bus to Garden City or Griffith University unless they catch another service from Forest Lake Blvd. 

ROUTE 130

This route will remain part of the frequent network but will now be referred to route #21 ALGESTER TO CITY  however it is likely to be more congested as more commuters are diverted to this service after the proposed removal of other services in Algester and Calamvale


ROUTE 131

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Changes to this route will disadvantage people living on Algester Rd and requiring access to Algester State School via Endiandra St as the route will be diverted via Ridgewood Rd  not permitting travel to or from the Domain Raffin Place Aged Care Facility. Additionally residents living in the vicinity of Delathin Rd will have to go all the way to Algester Rd /Beaudesert Rd Intersection  to access this service. This route will no longer travel past Cazna Gardens Retirement Village which will have impact on elderly residents wanting to access local services.  Further it will travel via Southbank to different stops within the CBD.

ROUTE  132

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The reduction of this service will disadvantage residents who live in the precinct  around Delathin Rd Algester or need to access the Cazna Gardens Retirement community.   This route will no longer travel to Garden City.

ROUTE 135

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This route is to be replaced by two others with changes as to where the routes go between Algester and Robertson, this change will also make it more difficult for residents in the Delathin Rd Algester precinct to access services.

ROUTE 136

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This service will be removed and there will no longer be access to Garden City nor travel via Formby St or Nottingham Rd which will disadvantage a significant number of residents who live around Calamvale Community College and within Lakewood Estate. Translink expect residents to utilise the new #21 service which replaces the existing 130 service.

ROUTE 138

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This service will be removed and there will no longer be bus access via Algester Rd, Nottingham Rd and Benhiam St for residents.

ROUTE 140

This service will have a reduced frequency

ROUTE 150

This service willl no longer access Southbank and South Brisbane.

ROUTE 460

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This service will be replaced by a number of other routes

ROUTE 465

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The proposed changes will no longer permit residents of Heathwood to access buses to Richlands Rail Station from Parkwood Drive which will present impacts particularly for late night commuters.

ROUTE 466

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The proposed change to this service diverts via Archerfield Rd to Richlands Station

 

PLEASE REMEMBER TO PASS ON THIS E-NEWS TO ALL YOUR CONTACTS AND HAVE YOUR SAY BEFORE CLOSE OF BUSINESS 5 APRIL 2013