[bikeqld] Jindalee bicycle bridge under construction

[Glen Fergus]

> For example, I was told the walking/cycling provision on the Gateway 
> Bridge #2 cost in excess of $100m.

Then you were lied to, Michael.  The whole bride only cost $350M, out
of a total project budget of $1.9B (most of that for the northside freeway
re-alignment).  See here:

http://www.gatewayupgradeproject.com.au/asp/index.asp?sid=5&page=aboutIntro and
http://www.gup.com.au/data/portal/00000005/content/57596001259810636286.pdf

The point, surely, is that QM / QMRD as public agencies / authorities should
not be allowed to get away with building road infrastructure that completely
excludes major groups of road users - i.e. bikes and peds.  It's just not
acceptable.

Same argument applies to that Mt Coot-tha overbridge that you regularly
criticise.  It should have been there from the start - part of the original
project, not some expensive retro-fit.  But it wasn't, so Metro Branch damn
well should have fixed it (out of their own budget would have been better).
Similarly that ongoing SE freeway bikeway extension (doubtless at huge cost
for minimal use - and yes, Metro are paying).  That should have been there
from the start too.

There is only one way that certain public authority dinosaurs will learn.

G.