Political haggling continues to prevent a crucial drop and go zone being constructed at a Brisbane school

A DROP and go zone at a school on Brisbane’s southside continues to be delayed by a stand-off between the State Government and Brisbane City Council.

MacGregor State School P & C member Waikay Lau out the front of the school. Picture: Jono Searle.

THE great Mexican stand-off between the State Government and Brisbane City Council continues over the MacGregor State School drop-and-go zone.

Brisbane City Lord Mayor Graham Quirk was questioned about the issue at the Lord Mayor & Civic Cabinet Listens Forum last Wednesday at Mt Gravatt by former MacGregor State School P & C president Waikay Lau.

Cr Quirk told the forum there was no need for a feasibility study and promised 50 per cent of the funds from council for one of two planned solutions. He then stated it was up to the State Government to provide the other half.

“We don’t need a feasibility study. We need to get on and design it and build it,” Cr Quirk said.

However, state Labor MP for Sunnybank Peter Russo said it was unreasonable for government to commit to providing 50 per cent of the funds without knowing what the cost would be.

“The drop-and-go zones are the property of state schools,” Mr Russo said. “When is council going to ask for the land to be handed over?

“The State Government can’t do anything until that happens. The bureaucracy has been the most frustrating part of this.”