Why can’t Main Roads construct a bridge at the same level as the current bridge?
• Main Roads’ objective at this stage is to solve the current access situation as quickly and as safely as possible. • The long timeframe required to plan and construct a large footbridge at the same level as the existing structure would cause the current traffic situation with traffic signals to remain for another 2 to 3 years. • Main Roads can install a prefabricated footbridge closer to the creek within 3 months. • Main Roads have submitted a business case for the planning and design stage of a new, larger bridge structure for consideration in future state roads funding allocations between 2009/10 to 2014/15. • This business case incorporates a new footbridge and Main Roads feels that this will be the better long term solution for access for the future. • A footbridge built near the existing bridge would also interfere with the future construction of the new road bridge, with possible closure and no access during construction.
