Hale Street Link - Draft Impact Assessment Statement

**IMPORTANT NOTICE- Submissions on the Hale St Link Draft IAS have closed and are not being taken after 13th October 2006 **

Feasibility study

The Hale Street Link Project (HSL Project) is a 60km/h four-lane tolled cross-river bridge between Milton and South Brisbane. The HSL Project would connect with Coronation Drive and Hale Street at Milton and Montague Road, Cordelia and Merivale streets at South Brisbane. The purpose of the HSL Project is to provide an alternate and more efficient route in and out of Milton, South Brisbane and West End for residents and visitors to those areas. It would also serve to relieve congestion, improve accessibility and support future urban development in the area.

The HSL Project, which is proposed to be operated as a toll road, would consist of a balanced cantilever concrete bridge, similar in style to Victoria Bridge. It would be about 27m wide and span almost 300m across the river with an 11m clearance above high tide. The bridge would have a dedicated off-road cyclepath with connections to the Bicentennial Bikeway on the northern side of the river and the Riverside Drive Bikeway and Montague Road on the southern side. It would also have a dedicated, shaded walkway that would meet equitable/disabled access requirements and would link to footpaths on both sides of the river.

The HSL Project has not been declared a significant project and therefore did not require an Environmental Impact Statement in accordance with the State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971 (QLD).

Council decided to undertake a voluntary Impact Assessment Statement and the consultancy company GHD Pty. Ltd. is coordinating the preparation of a voluntary Draft Impact Assessment Statement (IAS) on behalf of Council.


Inspection of the Impact Assessment Statement

Summary documents on the HSL Draft IAS may be viewed and downloaded from this project web site. The Draft IAS may also be inspected during business hours from Saturday 19 August until Friday 13 October 2006 at:

• Electorate office of the State Member, Suite 1/90 Vulture Street
• Dutton Park Ward Office, Fairfield Gardens, 180 Fairfield Road
• Toowong Ward Office, 50 High Street, Toowong
• Central Ward Office, Shop 11, 31 Duncan Street, Fortitude Valley
• Grange Ward Office, Shop 2, 3 MacGregor Street, Wilston
• Walter Taylor Ward Office, Shop 4001a, Level 4 Indooroopilly Shopping Centre, Indooroopilly
• West End Library, 178 Boundary Street
• Toowong Library, 9 Sherwood Road
• Fairfield Library, Fairfield Gardens Shopping Centre, Fairfield Road
• Central Library, City Plaza, Lower ground floor, Corner Ann, George and
  Adelaide Streets

A CD-ROM edition of the Draft IAS and a summary document are available on application from the locations above. A hard copy of the Draft IAS is available for $100. Cheques should be made payable to Brisbane City Council, and posted to:

Major Infrastructure Projects Office
Brisbane City Council
GPO Box 2596
Brisbane QLD 4001

Submissions Invited

Written submissions on the Draft IAS will be accepted until the close of business on Friday 13 October 2006 (the last day for submissions) and should be addressed to:

HSL Project
GHD Pty. Ltd.
GPO Box 668
Brisbane QLD 4001

Submissions will be treated as public documents unless confidentiality is requested. Copies of all submissions will be forwarded to Brisbane City Council as the project proponent.

Properly made submissions must be signed by each person who made the submission, state the name and address of each person who made the submission, state the grounds of the submission and the facts and circumstances relied on in support of the grounds. Please type submissions in black ink on A4 paper to assist in reproduction.

Submissions must be received by the HSL Project on or before the last day for submissions.