The 2025-26 Budget confirmed the Schrinner Council’s commitment to reduce congestion and keep Brisbane moving.
Brisbane is one of Australia’s fastest growing capital cities and the Schrinner Council is the only Council in Australia delivering both major congestion-busting and city-shaping transport projects.
On the back of record investment in public transport, including the delivery of Metro 1 and 2 and Brisbane’s new Bus Network, the 2025-26 Budget delivers new commitments to build a better Brisbane.
2025-26 Schrinner Council Budget initiatives to keep Brisbane moving:
- $50 million for a business case into the expansion of Brisbane Metro: north to Carseldine, south to Springwood, east to Capalaba and the Brisbane Airport Metro.
- A record investment of $210 million for subsidising public transport
- Completing the Adelaide Street Tunnel, which will remove 1390 bus services a day from surface streets in the CBD
- $6.9 million to install a replacement deck to reinstate the Story Bridge footpaths
- $5 million for the joint Council and Federal Government-funded Story Bridge Restoration Business Case to deliver the long-term restoration by 2040
- Increased investment in road network renewal, including resurfacing:
- Ipswich Road, Rocklea and Annerley
- Toombul Road, Northgate
- Vulture Street, Woolloongabba
- Waterworks Road, The Gap
- $6.2 million to progress Safer School precincts in:
- Kedron
- Mansfield
- Indooroopilly
- Wynnum and Manly
- $2.7 million for Fortitude Valley blackspot projects
- Gipps Street
- James Street / Doggett Street / Robertson Street
- St Paul’s Terrace / Quarry Street
- Suburban intersection upgrades, including at:
- Hamilton Road (at The Prince Charles Hospital), Chermside
- Sylvan, Croydon and Milton Roads, Toowong
- Esher Street and Toohey Road, Tarragindi
- Expanding the Clearway Action Plan to:
- Lutwyche Road and Bowen Bridge Road
- Abbotsford Rd
- Wynnum Rd
- $4.4 million for Smarter Suburban Corridors
Quotes attributable to Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner:
“Brisbane is one of Australia’s fastest-growing cities which is why we’re investing even more into building better roads and a record amount into the public transport subsidy to keep Brisbane moving.
“Brisbane is the only Council in Australia to subsidise public transport, and a record $210 million will be invested this year to support more services, more often.
“These commitments in the 2025-26 Budget will help reduce congestion and make it easier for people to get around sooner and safer.
“Brisbane Metro is already proving a major success, and we will now progress the expansion of Metro so even more people can benefit from this world-class bus rapid transit.
“Our balanced Budget lets us upgrade traffic systems, improve road and school safety and plan the long-term restoration of the Story Bridge without adding unnecessary costs onto residents.”
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