Last year, St Lucia residents, Miriam Prystupa and Elizabeth Hirst supported by the St Lucia Community Association, initiated Bows 4 Boughs, a project they hoped would bring attention to some of the beautiful trees in their neighbourhood.
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Funding for Council’s green bridges program left hanging
Many of us have wondered what transpired between the Premier and Lord Mayor on their flight to Tokyo after State Treasurer Cameron Dick refused to commit state funds to the Lord Mayor’s vision for five new green bridges last week. Last year, Councillor Ryan Murphy, Chair of Council’s Public & Active Transport Committee, said: “We’ve…
Mixed response to Council’s Green Bridges decisions
In May, after receiving over 4000 submissions, Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner revealed the landing sites for the proposed two new green bridges to West End. Cr Schrinner said that the alignment options to be progressed by Council would be the proposed Option A for both bridges. Option A for the St Lucia bridge runs between…
West End Green Bridges: connecting or dividing communities?
The Westender has closely followed Council and community responses to the proposed green bridges program to West End from St Lucia and Toowong, and we provide here a timeline of the process from the announcement until now. There have been several Council information sessions, and politicians and various community and interest groups have run forums…