A new bridge will link Brisbane’s emerging health and science precinct with bus and rail services,transforming the city’s inner south.
More than 2550 people are working on a Brisbane underground rail project few people have seen. Here are some shots of a project that has overtaken politics to transform a city.
Rail is returning to Woolloongabba,virtually underneath the old locomotive yards once used to haul coal from mines to port.
The 3.8-kilometre tunnel will be used to carry rail passengers under the Brisbane River and support new developments in the CBD and beyond.
Drone footage shows where the Cross River Rail tunnel exits near the Exhibition rail station and the Inner City Bypass in Brisbane.
In a $7 billion investment,the Premier announces “largest investment in train manufacturing in Queensland”.
After a 2.5km journey,one of two tunnel borers has broken through to the cavern that will become Cross River Rail’s new Roma Street station.
An extra two hectares of green space will be added to the parklands,as well as four apartment blocks that will include social housing.
A dust diseases lawyer says work needs to be halted at a key Brisbane tunnelling site until the fears of workers and residents can be properly investigated.
Workers downed tools at Woolloongabba this month,but the CFMEU says work needs to stop amid an ongoing workplace safety probe.
The council has condemned a proposal for Cross River Rail excavators to cart up to 20 truckloads of dirt every hour through the CBD on Sundays.