{"id":297533,"date":"2025-10-07T12:40:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T02:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=297533"},"modified":"2025-10-07T12:40:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T02:40:37","slug":"more-buses-without-dedicated-lanes-likely-after-gold-coast-light-rail-plan-scrapped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=297533","title":{"rendered":"More buses without dedicated lanes likely after Gold Coast light rail plan scrapped"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

More buses without dedicated lanes are likely for the southern Gold Coast, according to the city’s acting mayor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week the Queensland government scrapped a plan to extend light rail south from Burleigh Heads to Coolangatta because of high costs and community opposition<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Little detail has been released about the area’s future, but acting Gold Coast Mayor Mark Hammel said Mayor Tom Tate had met with Queensland Transport Minister Brent Mickelberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the southern Gold Coast would likely be serviced by extra buses rather than the multi-billion-dollar light rail line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We’re not talking about a rapid bus system, we’re talking about an enhanced bus system which, from the best of our detail, just means some additional 777 buses and some paint being put on lanes at certain intersections to create priority,” Cr Hammel said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brisbane Metro vehicles were rolled out in 2025. (ABC News: Steve Keen)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

With a rapidly growing population and regular congestion, he said a more intensive solution was needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We’re looking for a bit more than that to ensure the southern Gold Coast has got a genuine alternative public transport option available,” Cr Hammel said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“To me [that] says this state government has not got any intention of delivering a full public transport corridor from Burleigh to Coolangatta.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With a rapidly growing population and regular congestion, he said a more intensive solution was needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":297535,"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":[35,6917,190],"tags":[7465],"class_list":["post-297533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-gold-coast","category-light-rail","tag-queensland"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t