Grant funding of $230,000 has been approved by the Queensland Government for Brisbane City Council to jointly construct a business case for a new bridge that would connect Kangaroo Point and the Eagle Street Pier precinct, reports brisbanedevelopment.com.

The proposed Kangaroo Point Bridge would be a cycle and pedestrian bridge.

In 2013, as part of the Brisbane City Council’s Master Plan, a proposal for a 395m long cable support pedestrian bridge was developed by Richard Kirk Architects. This aim of this design was to deliver a bridge that would “minimise the impact on the river and contribute an elegant form to an evolving city skyline.”

This proposal comes as drilling has just begun on the $70 million Queens Wharf ‘Neville Bonner Bridge’ which will connect the $3 billion Queens Wharf Integrated Resort to South Bank with pedestrian access. This drilling phase which involves detailed engineering investigations, will take around three weeks to complete with the next step being Economic Development Queensland to to give final approval of the design.

Hannah believes Brisbane will be a World City within 5 years. 

Concept images from the 2013 design are available at  https://brisbanedevelopment.com/as-one-cbd-bridge-commences-another-receives-business-case-funding/.