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BRISBANE City Council has scrapped a promised upgrade to Riverside Park, leaving flood-affected residents to battle dust, debris and hooning issues on the reopened Riverside Drive.
The Gabba Ward councillor Helen Abrahams supported the call from residents to close Riverside Drive in 2010.
Cr Abrahams initially questioned Council’s move to reopen the road, after approval to replace it with a designated bikeway and pedestrian pathway along the river bank, and is now wondering where more than $700,000 collected from developers to fund the upgrade has gone.
``Council received $769,472 as parkland contributions from developments along the river in West End,’’ Cr Abrahams said. ``What’s happening to that money?’‘
``The repairs undertaken on Riverside Park should be consistent and done with the same level of urgency as all the other flood-damaged parks in Brisbane.’‘
FLOW Apartments resident and body corporate representative Leanne Sturgess said several body corporate groups had banded together to lobby for permanent closure of Riverside Drive.
``The road has a terrible hooning problem, not to mention the dust and debris being blown into our homes at the moment with the reopening of the road,’’ Ms Sturgess said.
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman said it was ``with a heavy heart’’ that he announced the cuts.
West End Community Association president Darren Godwell said he was disappointed to see the upgrade scrapped.
``We need to find more green and open spaces,’’ Mr Godwell said.
The Gabba Ward councillor Helen Abrahams supported the call from residents to close Riverside Drive in 2010.
Cr Abrahams initially questioned Council’s move to reopen the road, after approval to replace it with a designated bikeway and pedestrian pathway along the river bank, and is now wondering where more than $700,000 collected from developers to fund the upgrade has gone.
``Council received $769,472 as parkland contributions from developments along the river in West End,’’ Cr Abrahams said. ``What’s happening to that money?’‘
``The repairs undertaken on Riverside Park should be consistent and done with the same level of urgency as all the other flood-damaged parks in Brisbane.’‘
FLOW Apartments resident and body corporate representative Leanne Sturgess said several body corporate groups had banded together to lobby for permanent closure of Riverside Drive.
``The road has a terrible hooning problem, not to mention the dust and debris being blown into our homes at the moment with the reopening of the road,’’ Ms Sturgess said.
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman said it was ``with a heavy heart’’ that he announced the cuts.
West End Community Association president Darren Godwell said he was disappointed to see the upgrade scrapped.
``We need to find more green and open spaces,’’ Mr Godwell said.
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