Concept images for the proposed Brisbane Metro station at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre,preferred by the state government to the original location at the Cultural Centre.Credit:Queensland Government
Mr Bailey's opening salvo came in the form of a tweet sent on Wednesday afternoon.
"Mayor Schrinner always has time to do media regularly on Metro but just refused a meeting with me to resolve outstanding issues&discuss his report. ‘Regrettably due to pre-existing diary commitments in coming weeks the Lord Mayor is simply not available’,"Mr Bailey tweeted,apparently quoting an email from the lord mayor's office.
The minister and mayor have been at odds over the status of the council's mass transit project since June,when the state government requested the council reconsider its planned underground station at the Cultural Centre.
Cr Schrinner this week released a council report that he said showed the state's preferred option for a metro station in South Brisbane,under the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre,was not feasible.
He called on the state to confirm the council's preferred option of an underground station at the Cultural Centre and to start issuing approvals.
Mr Bailey in turn questioned why the lord mayor had not called him directly to discuss the situation,and said he could not give approvals until he had more information on the proposed metro vehicles.