Brisbane commute times stabilising on most major roads
Motorists on Brisbane’s busiest roads continue to travel at snail’s pace during peak hour with the average speed on one major road just 19km/h. SEE THE LIST
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BRISBANE motorists are still enduring average speeds of less than 40km/h in peak hour, but new figures show traffic woes on some of the city’s busiest roads are stabilising.
Brisbane City Council’s latest key corridors performance reports show motorists are travelling at average speeds of 36km/h during the morning peak period and at 39km/h in the afternoon peak.
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The figures, which were recorded between January and June, remained largely unchanged from the same six month period last year.
The road that suffered the biggest drop in travel speeds was the Inner City Bypass eastbound, with motorists travelling on average at speeds of 41km/h in morning peak – down from 53km/h.
Of the 27 roads assessed, the Bruce Highway had one of the best improvements, increasing from an average speed of 51km/h to 75km/h.
Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said his administration would continue to make investments in new road projects to boost traffic speeds, pointing to the $500 million Better Roads for Brisbane Fund.
“This will include major corridors with more lanes and better intersections in suburbs including Indooroopilly, Rochedale, Ransome, Newstead, Mount Gravatt, Carseldine and Bracken Ridge and improving more than 1000 local roads to reduce congestion and create smoother streets,” he said.
The report shows Coronation Drive, which has a speed limit of 60km/h, had the slowest average travel speed in the morning peak at 19km/h.
Jubilee Terrace and Wardell Street had the slowest average speed in the afternoon peak at 24km/h.