Published Wednesday, 25 July, 2012 at 09:09 AM
Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning
The Honourable Jeff Seeney
Government welcomes Airportlink opening
Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning Jeff Seeney today welcomed the opening of AirportlinkM7 – Australia’s largest infrastructure project – to Brisbane motorists.
Mr Seeney joined commuters driving through the new tunnel this morning before visiting the Airportlink Operations Centre for a briefing on the opening day traffic flows.
The Deputy Premier said Airportlink was another vital piece of Campbell Newman’s TransApex plan aimed at relieving traffic congestion in Brisbane.
“Along with the Clem7 Tunnel and the Go Between Bridge, Airportlink will change the way people travel across some of the busiest parts of the city,” Mr Seeney said.
“It will reduce travel times significantly and should ease traffic congestion in Brisbane’s inner northern suburbs by linking the busy northern arterials of Gympie, Stafford and Sandgate Roads to the Inner City Bypass and Clem 7.
“A direct, express motorway link like this from city centre to Brisbane Airport is an important infrastructure development for the State’s capital city which could cut travel times substantially.”
Mr Seeney said the $4.8 billion Airportlink was one of many projects Premier Campbell Newman and Lord Mayor Graham Quirk had developed to transform Brisbane’s congested road networks.
“It has generated thousands of jobs and chalked up many construction milestones over the almost four years it took to build.
“Brisbane now has the most sophisticated road tunnel system in the nation which will provide important economic benefits for Queensland.
“I congratulate all involved with the construction of this substantial new piece of infrastructure.
“At the same time I thank all those residents of Brisbane’s northern suburbs for their forbearance during the construction period,” Mr Seeney said.
[ENDS] 25 July 2012
Media Contact: John Wiseman – 0409 791 281
Mr Seeney joined commuters driving through the new tunnel this morning before visiting the Airportlink Operations Centre for a briefing on the opening day traffic flows.
The Deputy Premier said Airportlink was another vital piece of Campbell Newman’s TransApex plan aimed at relieving traffic congestion in Brisbane.
“Along with the Clem7 Tunnel and the Go Between Bridge, Airportlink will change the way people travel across some of the busiest parts of the city,” Mr Seeney said.
“It will reduce travel times significantly and should ease traffic congestion in Brisbane’s inner northern suburbs by linking the busy northern arterials of Gympie, Stafford and Sandgate Roads to the Inner City Bypass and Clem 7.
“A direct, express motorway link like this from city centre to Brisbane Airport is an important infrastructure development for the State’s capital city which could cut travel times substantially.”
Mr Seeney said the $4.8 billion Airportlink was one of many projects Premier Campbell Newman and Lord Mayor Graham Quirk had developed to transform Brisbane’s congested road networks.
“It has generated thousands of jobs and chalked up many construction milestones over the almost four years it took to build.
“Brisbane now has the most sophisticated road tunnel system in the nation which will provide important economic benefits for Queensland.
“I congratulate all involved with the construction of this substantial new piece of infrastructure.
“At the same time I thank all those residents of Brisbane’s northern suburbs for their forbearance during the construction period,” Mr Seeney said.
[ENDS] 25 July 2012
Media Contact: John Wiseman – 0409 791 281