Henry Pike (Bowman, Liberal National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

():  Over recent decades, the Redlands has faced significant growth, but our local infrastructure has been neglected. Thankfully, there have been two major road projects currently underway: the Queensland government's partial Cleveland-Redland Bay Road duplication and the Redland City Council's Panorama Drive-Wellington Street duplication, which were made possible by investment from the former federal coalition government.

While these roads run parallel, the speed and delivery of these projects have diverged dramatically. Cleveland-Redland Bay Road languished at the bottom of state planners' drawers for decades, whereas the council's Panorama Drive project was well planned and prioritised. In 2019, when the former coalition government had money to spend on new infrastructure, there was only one local project that was investment ready—Panorama Drive.

But let's contrast the progress of these two projects. Panorama Drive stage 1 finished last month after only a year and nine months of construction. The additional 2.4 kilometres of duplicated road cost $57.4 million. Meanwhile, the former state Labor government's Cleveland-Redland Bay Road project has no end date in sight, despite being under construction for four years and counting. The meagre 1.5 kilometres of duplicated roadway is costing the state $110 million—double the time, double the cost, half the road. That's the difference between good and bad management of our infrastructure. I'm looking forward to the new Crisafulli state government making the Redlands a priority and fixing Labor's mess.