The 18 km Eastern Busway will connect the Buranda Busway Station on the South-East Busway to Capalaba via the Old Cleveland Road corridor including Stones Corner, Coorparoo, Camp Hill, Carina, Carindale Bus Station and Chandler (at the Park'n'Ride facility located in the grounds of the Sleeman Sports Complex).

It will be the eastern link in Brisbane's busway network, reducing bus travel times for thousands of commuters from all over the eastern suburbs.

Contents 1 Development 1.1 South East Busway to Main Avenue 1.1.1 Benefits of the Buranda to Main Avenue section 2 TransLink bus navigation 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Development

In June 2008, the Queensland Government approved the project's Concept Design and Impact Management Plan. The Concept Design and Impact Management Plan protects for a long-term investment in the future of the eastern suburbs.

The busway will be built and opened in stages, with construction of the first section between the Princess Alexandra Hospital and South East Busway already completed and opened in August 2009.^[1]

The Government has also committed $465.8 million for the next section of the Eastern Busway. This funding is for 96 property resumptions between Buranda and Cavendish Road, Coorparoo and construction of the 1.05 km section between the South East Busway, Buranda and Main Avenue, Coorparoo.^[2] More than 250 other properties will be affected by the project.

Further stages of the Eastern Busway are ready for immediate delivery, should funding become available under the Commonwealth Government's Infrastructure Australia program.

[edit] South East Busway to Main Avenue

In December 2008, Queensland state government announced the Eastern Busway alliance team that will deliver the Buranda to Main Avenue section. Designer Sinclair Knight Merz/Maunsell AECOM and constructor Leighton Contractors have been selected to join with Queensland Transport to deliver this section of the Eastern Busway.

The Government has committed to a $465.8 million investment in the next 2.7 km of the Eastern Busway. This funding is for property acquisition between Buranda and Cavendish Road, Coorparoo and construction of the 1.05 km section between the South East Busway, Buranda and Main Avenue, Coorparoo.

The Buranda to Main Avenue section will connect the existing South East Busway at Buranda with Coorparoo via Stones Corner. A busway station will be built at Stones Corner with a premium bus stop at Langlands Park that protects for a future busway station.

The team will get to work on construction by mid 2009, with completion due by early 2012. Further stages of the Eastern Busway are ready for immediate delivery, should funding become available under the Commonwealth Government’s Infrastructure Australia program.

[edit] Benefits of the Buranda to Main Avenue section

• cuts up to eight minutes off bus trips through the most congested section of Old Cleveland Road, saving regular commuters from Coorparoo to Brisbane City nearly 1.5 hours in travel time per week
• bypasses four sets of traffic lights and the heavily-congested Logan Road/O’Keefe Street roundabout at Buranda
• by 2016, it will carry 7000 passengers in the morning peak (to carry the same number of passengers by car, you would have to build two extra traffic lanes along Old Cleveland Road).

[edit] TransLink bus navigation

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• The official project website
• The TransLink Busways Site - for information about Brisbane's Busways

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