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Brisbane City Council - Bringing High Rise Development to Your Community

First there was the clearing of the Highgate Hill Gully, the last remaining riverine forest in the areas, for development.  Then there was the West End Woolloongabba Local Plan which gives the Council the option of allowing high rise development along the river at West End up to 12 storeys.  Then there was the Hale Street Link which will dump enormous amounts of traffic into the suburbs of South Brisbane, West End, Highgate Hill and Dutton Park.  All these decisions were made with the support of both Liberal and Labor parties in Council.

Woonerf needed in the Gabba

The Greens would try to introduce the Dutch concept of woonerf to some Brisbane streets if their candidates are elected in the Brisbane City Council elections next March.

Greens candidate for The Gabba said he believed the practice, common in Europe and North America, prioritised pedestrians over cars in certain streets and structured those streets accordingly.