{"id":297529,"date":"2025-10-07T12:36:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T02:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=297529"},"modified":"2025-10-07T12:36:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T02:36:51","slug":"completion-of-adelaide-street-tunnel-could-reduce-bus-congestion-in-brisbane-cbd-by-up-to-a-third","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=297529","title":{"rendered":"Completion of Adelaide Street tunnel could reduce bus congestion in Brisbane CBD &#8216;by up to a third&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After more than two years of construction, an underground tunnel set to alleviate congestion in Brisbane will officially open to commuters next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thousands of passengers toured the now complete 213-metre Adelaide Street tunnel today, ahead of it being added to routes on September 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One such commuter is 85-year-old Judy Connors, who has spent all her life in Brisbane. She said she was excited to once again be &#8220;part of history&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I walked the bridge when it went over the river, now I&#8217;ve walked the tunnel at Adelaide Street,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I think it\u2019s wonderful \u2026 the traffic, it will settle down in the city now and you\u2019ll have a bit more freedom to move.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\" id=\"105811294\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"862\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image_2025-10-07_133407847.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-297530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image_2025-10-07_133407847.png 862w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image_2025-10-07_133407847-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image_2025-10-07_133407847-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Judy and Peter Connors were among thousands of people who walked through the underground tunnel, ahead of it welcoming buses next week.&nbsp;(ABC News: Lucy Loram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Construction on the tunnel was originally expected to be completed in mid-2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Running under one of the city&#8217;s oldest streets, around 16 Olympic swimming pools worth of soil and rock have been removed over the life of the project to deliver the underground infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tunnel&#8217;s opening will mark the completion of the near decade-long campaign to reshape transport solutions in the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of passengers toured the now complete 213-metre Adelaide Street tunnel today, ahead of it being added to routes on September 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":297531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4947],"tags":[987,7465],"class_list":["post-297529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bus","tag-brisbane","tag-queensland"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=297529"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":297532,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297529\/revisions\/297532"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/297531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=297529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=297529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=297529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}