About the Bridges for Brisbane Program

Brisbane City Council is providing more transport options and responding to our growing population, making it easier for our residents and visitors to travel around our city now and into the future.

Building and investing in Brisbane’s bridges, footpaths, bike paths and e-mobility network is creating world-class public and active transport infrastructure that will help residents navigate the city easily, and will leave a lasting legacy as we set our sights on the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Our new active transport bridges are a vital part of this plan, making it even easier for our residents and visitors to get around our city on foot, by bike or scooter, or by connecting with public transport.

Council’s Bridges for Brisbane Program has delivered a new connection between Kangaroo Point and the CBD and a new crossing at Breakfast Creek. A new link is also being planned from Toowong to West End.

Council recognises the positive level of support for the Toowong to West End Bridge and has acquired the land necessary for the proposed Toowong landing, confirming Council's commitment to deliver the bridge once funding is secured from all three levels of government.

Bridges for Brisbane is one of the key initiatives of the Transport Plan for Brisbane – Implementation Plan 2018.

In June 2022, Infrastructure Australia identified the bridges as nationally significant infrastructure, recognising the critical role the city-shaping program will play in shaping our city’s future.

Project status

The Breakfast Creek / Yowoggera Bridge was completed in February 2024 and the Kangaroo Point Bridge was completed in December 2024.

The Toowong to West End Bridge will require a funding agreement from all three levels of government and will be the final bridge to be delivered under the Bridges for Brisbane Program.

In response to significant cost impacts sustained from the coronovarius pandemic, housing crisis and February 2022 flood, Council will not be proceeding with the St Lucia to West End Bridge.

Find out next steps.

Previous consultation

Community and stakeholder feedback is critical to the development of Council's new active transport bridges.

Toowong to West End Bridge

In November 2020, Council undertook community consultation on a shortlist of alignment options for the Toowong to West End Bridge.

Council reviewed and analysed all feedback received on the alignment options and prepared a consultation summary document. A detailed consultation report was also prepared that outline the consultation process, feedback received and Council’s response to key feedback themes.

Feedback from this consultation phase helped to identify a preferred alignment for the Toowong to West End Bridge and informed the development of the concept design and preliminary business case for the project.

In November 2021, Council released a concept design for the bridge for community feedback. Based on the concept design, Council also prepared a preliminary business case for the project. Council reviewed and analysed all feedback received on the concept design and prepared a consultation summary document for the project. A detailed consultation report was also prepared that outlined the consultation process and feedback received.

Feedback on the concept design will play a critical role in future stages of planning, including the final bridge design, ongoing connections to the city-wide walking and riding network, and management of impacts during construction, once funding for the project is secured.

Kangaroo Point and Breakfast Creek / Yowoggera Bridges

In August and September 2020, Council invited the community to have their say on the draft reference design for the Kangaroo Point Bridge and concept design for the Breakfast Creek / Yowoggera Bridge.

Council reviewed and analysed all feedback received and prepared a consultation summary document for these bridges. Detailed consultation reports were also prepared for these bridges outlining the consultation process and feedback received.

Feedback has played a key role in informing the final designs for these bridges, with construction starting on the Kangaroo Point Bridge in late 2021 and Breakfast Creek / Yowoggera Bridge in mid-2022.

Initial consultation outcomes

In late 2019, Council invited the community to have their say on the Bridges for Brisbane Program.

This initial phase of consultation introduced the Bridges for Brisbane Program to the community and provided people with an opportunity to give feedback during the early planning stages for each bridge.

Approximately 3500 people participated in the consultation program, with 3385 pieces of feedback received.

Council completed a detailed analysis of all feedback received and prepared an Initial Consultation Outcomes report.

Download the report:

• Initial Consultation Outcomes report (PDF - 10.64Mb)
• Initial Consultation Outcomes report (Word - 7.06Mb).

Following mixed feedback received during the initial consultation phase, further targeted consultation on the Bellbowrie Bridge was undertaken in May and June 2020 with the communities in the Pullenvale and Jamboree Wards. As a result of community feedback, Council announced in June 2020 it would not be progressing the proposed Bellbowrie Bridge.

Next steps

Council is committed to continuing to work closely with the Queensland and Australian governments to fully realise the benefits of the Bridges for Brisbane Program. If funding is secured, Council will progress the detailed design and procurement process for the Toowong to West End Bridge to ensure it can be delivered sooner than anticipated.

Council will continue to keep local residents and stakeholders informed and provide more opportunities for residents to have their say during future stages of the project.

Program timeframes

More information

For more information on the Bridges for Brisbane Program you can:

• phone Council's Bridges for Brisbane Program team on 1800 318 166 during business hours
• email the project team
• write to:
  Bridges for Brisbane Program
  City Projects Office
  Brisbane City Council
  GPO Box 1434
  Brisbane Qld 4001.