Wow!! New iconic river fountain for Brisbane!!!

:O

Thats sad news. One big project sucking all of the money Is this tunnel even beneficial? is it really necessary to biult it in the first place?

actually i might be thinking or a dif tunnel, its not the 5k one is it?

Its a mega tunnel projct now. Not just 1 tunnel.

Unfortunately the Aesthetics of the city are not as high a priority as running it smoothly.

I would really like a new great river fountain though.

A mega tunnel? last i herd, 2 lanes each way from bowen hills to woolloongabba?

This is the same tunnel your talking about right?

sheesh, thats a big job, when is it all suppost to be completed? 2012?

2026 possibly before - but nothing ever goes to plan so probably post 2026

I'm going to stick my head out here and say that I'd prefer the TransApex tunnels right now. You're never going to stop people driving cars; and even if you could, telling drivers that you aren't going to build or maintain road infrastructure is absolutely insane.

Yeah, okay, a river fountain would have been nice, but there are a few more pressing issues (such as, oh, severe traffic congestion) that need to be taken care of. Ditching a major overhaul of the traffic system just so we can have a pretty little fountain in the river is moreso something that'd lose Campbell the next election... Hands-down.

As for the council's spending habits, I posted this in another tunnel thread:

marty_k said:

Jobs and money (or lack thereof) in BCC is a result of their own complete inability to operate efficiently. I've done a bit of work over the last couple of months with some BCC departments and it's not at all pretty if you're looking at it from a perspective of fiscal sensibility. I would strongly caution anybody against blaming everybody else for BCC's lack of money. Most of it is through their own doing.

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I'd rather have the tunnel than a silly fountain.

^ common opinion so far has been that.

But you must admit, while the tunnel is more important the fountain would be great.
If Newman hadnt gone so far over budget.

Danubis will be happy to know i sent an email to him


Edit:
Looking at that map i cant imagine going into a tunnel at the airport and not coming out till im over at Toowong. Crazy

Well it would depend on how good the fountain is ... errr, the last one is sitting on the river bed. Nevertheless - Brisbane IMHO patently needs more public art and/or images, icons etc in this vein. A river fountain would need to be exceptional to cut it with me. But - water features in general around the CBD in one form or another could be a great addition.

^^ Agreed.

Public Attractions/Art/Icons are nessacary for us. We dont have that many.

I find it funny that the old one is on the river. From what i saw it wasnt that great.
This one would have to be more than a single stream of water flowing in the air.

Have to do something like the one at suncorp Plaza. Too bad that fountain is hidden in that small plaza where not alot of people visiting the city would see it.

Yup! i agree with both, Brisbane is lacking in that area. But i spose you gotta take one step at a time to get things done, they could of at least done the pritty things first Also, is there already a tunnel coming from the airport to the gateway deviation? I didnt know there was one there.

Get Vision's designers to include a waterfall down one side of the building. Now that's an icon!

Hell yeah, that would be awesome! why don't they just bloody do it then

What about putting that blank wall on Metropole to use as a fountain like Mincom's hehe?? j/k!

PS - I would prefer the tunnels over a fountain (both would be better). Although at least if they did the fountain, you'd have something to look at when you're stuck in traffic...

Just remember guys this could be the first of many things that get scapped by council to pay for this tunnel project.
Last week it was a fountain (that was already fully designed BTW)
Next week it might be a SCIP - suburban improvement like at Nundah and Stones Corner.
They might decide to raise everones rates - or worse, not hire anymore planners till this thing is finished.

There will be belt tightening in every facet of council!!

jt

It must be really needed to scrap alot of other nice things. This thing must be going in now becuase they can see in the future how hectic the traffic problem will be.