Take care on flooded roads - update
Tuesday, 24 January 2012 10:31
January 27 Update
Boscombe Road Brookfield is closed due to flooding.
Mt Crosby Road is closed at Colleges Crossing.
Please drive carefully and don’t drive through flood waters.
For up-to-date information on road conditions please call 13 19 40 or visit www.131940.qld.gov.au or http://qldalert.com/
Moggill Ferry is not operational until further notice. For more information ring 3821 3239.
Kenmore School Zone to participate in vehicle activated speed warnings
Monday, 23 January 2012 16:19
Following my continued correspondence with the Minister for Transport in relation to safety in central Kenmore, the school speed zone in central Kenmore has been chosen for illuminated speed warning signs that are activated as a vehicle approaches.
The illuminated sign will flash a speed advisory when approached by a vehicle exceeding the speed limit.
Research done in Britain by the UK Department of Transport has shown this approach to be one of the most effective at attracting driver attention and causing them to slow down.
You will recall some time ago I pointed out we had the ridiculous situation where school speed zone times varied even on roads adjacent to the same school. For example, some commencing at 7 am and others commencing at 7.30 am. The government has announced that they will be standardizing the school speed zone times and the times from the first day of Term 2 on the 10 Aril 2012 for south-east Queensland will be 7.00 am -9.00 am and 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm.
This, of course, is a common-sense approach. The previous variable school speed zone times were obviously very unfair to motorists who could easily become confused about what time the school speed zone came into force.
There was also some discussion about a fixed speed camera in Kenmore but the Government has advised this is not currently part of their planning
Western Suburbs Residents Treated as 'Mushrooms'
Thursday, 19 January 2012 10:05
Anger is mounting in the western suburbs in relation to the “cone of silence” that surrounds any decision-making or investigation of local traffic and public transport.
In an extraordinary letter to me, Emergency Services Minister Neil Roberts declared that the Emergency Services Department had changed their mind about the sale of the old (now closed) fire station at Kenmore because the Department of Main Roads had expressed an interest in the site!
In another move further heightening the mystery and secrecy surrounding State Government consideration of local roads, an offer by the Brisbane City Council to fund a “civic upgrade” of the environs around Moggill Road between OLR and the roundabout was rejected by the State Government on the basis of consideration being given to future works related to Moggill Road.
Well, it is extraordinary that despite a community consultation on a Kenmore Bypass back in 2009, the Government still refuse to publicly release the results of that consultation or the advice that the Kenmore Bypass Study Group gave to either the Department or the Minister in relation to that project.
It now seems that further consideration is being given to other matters that are being kept secret from both myself and Cr Margaret de Wit as local representatives and from the local community.Stamp Duty on Family Home Negatively Impacts Queensland Property
Thursday, 19 January 2012 09:43
Queensland building approvals fell 19.5% in October and 28% over the previous year.
The Queensland Government introduced a $10 000 grant for the purchase of newly constructed homes, investment properties and holiday homes.
The uptake of this grant has been dismal to say the least, and it is clear that the Government’s extra tax on the family home has had a much greater effect than any stimulus provided by the short-term measure which was originally due to cease for new contacts after the end of January 2012, and was recently extended to the end of April, apparently to prevent it ending in the middle of an election.
Read more: Stamp Duty on Family Home Negatively Impacts Queensland Property
Is this Necessary?
Monday, 16 January 2012 14:04
The State Government, having taken over a site in the rural area along Vyner Street at Pinjarra Hills, has proceeded to wipe out all trees and vegetation on the site.
There is no doubt that if a private developer treated a bushland site in an environmentally sensitive area in this way that there would be consequences.
The State Government has already failed to listen to local concerns that this is the wrong place for an ambulance station.
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