Goodna Bypass "dead and buried" as Member for Moggill stirs issue

Westside News



A WESTSIDE MP believes the State Government should offer to buy residential land inside the Goodna bypass if the controversial project goes ahead.

But the Government said the $2.3 billion project was dead and buried, despite preserving the bypass corridor for future use.

State Member for Moggill, Dr Bruce Flag, said documents obtained under Freedom of Information last month proved the Government intend to build the bypass, which would run from Dinmore through Moggill to Gailes.

Dr Flegg said the documents show the bypass, championed by the Howard government in 2007, was a road option the Bligh Government could consider once public opinion against the project subsided.

"People who live on or adjacent to that corridor will find that their properties can't be sold or can't be used for anything," he said. "It will have a severe impact on property values.

"With any property in that corridor there should be the option for that land to be acquired."

Dr Flegg said the bypass was an expensive and impractical option to ease southeast Queensland's traffic problems.

Main Roads Minister Craig Wallace said the bypass had been scrapped.

"Dr Flegg shouldn't stir up the community with his hypothetical questions because the bypass is dead and buried," he said.