Last week, Brisbane City Council announced its intention to progress to the detailed design phase and initiate public consultations for the Toowong to West End Green Bridge. However, details regarding funding and the project’s timeline remain uncerta
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Local Government Infrastructure Plan amendments. An opportunity for feedback.
Brisbane City Council’s Local Government infrastructure plan (LGIP) amendments process has been mired in controversy since it sent letters to some 14,995 property owners across Brisbane concerning draft changes impacting their properties. (See the link to our story below).

Brisbane City Council under fire as residents question parkland acquisition plans in West End.
Imagine receiving a letter from Council telling you that your home is located on land earmarked for a new park. In the first week of August, eleven homeowners of character homes and town-houses in Rogers, Ida and Raven Streets in West End and residents in Gloucester Street in South Brisbane were distressed when they received…

Highgate Hill Gully Restoration: Dr Manon Griffiths Parkland
When the news about the global climate emergency is bleak, there is no better antidote to despair than getting out into nature and taking some practical steps to preserve the areas we love. Large natural areas barely exist within the West End peninsula, but Rob Hughes, his neighbours, and friends are determined to change that….