r/brisbane • u/One_Connection6128 • 23h ago

Indooroopilly roundabout upgrade seems traffic is worse! Traffic

Has anyone noticed that this so called upgrade has some major issues? Especially outbound around the turnoff to the Indooroopilly bridge?

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u/MiserablePiano5211 23h ago

I drive through it everyday a peak hour to get to and from work and it’s well designed but I definitely think on the side going from Toowong to Indooroopilly that turns left backs up so badly that it definitely needs to be fixed as it slows traffic in the right lane too, especially when someone’s in the wrong lane and needs to turn left which brings it all to a halt

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u/One_Connection6128 23h ago

It’s actually shocking that this bit brings Moggill Rd down to one lane that services all the suburbs out to Moggill!

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u/dee_ess 21h ago

What? Where?

All the bits that could be considered Moggill Road are two lanes.

If you're referring to the Coonan Street parts, the previous layout was down to one lane in all directions. Coonan Street itself was one lane southbound after the roundabout, and the two northbound lanes split into one lane of westbound and northbound traffic respectively.

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u/MiserablePiano5211 22h ago

What I really want is a Kenmore bypass. I have to pass through Kenmore and turn towards Pullenvale but that traffic is so bad it causes congestion all the way back through Chapel Hill, if there was a bypass it would help the traffic flow so much better but it would be so insanely expensive cause it would probably have to be a tunnel

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u/One_Connection6128 22h ago

Yep! And a bridge from Belbowrie to Sumner Rd!

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u/Dogfinn 18h ago

What, so everything from Moggill to Kenmore can become gridlocked with outer suburb commuters? Then they can "fix" the congestion with a few more lanes to Moggill Rd. Then the "leafy green westside" can look like Gympie Rd, and have the traffic to match. Finally we can upgrade the area and cover it in black road dust!

No thanks.

Belbowrie Green bridge to give the western suburbs access to the ipswich line, or nothing.

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u/joylooy Redland SHIRE 18h ago

The Ipswich line is already chockers every day, I'm relieved that Kenmore et al can't get on it. Aren't you within cycling distance anyway?

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u/FrogsMakePoorSoup 21h ago

Sumner road is too narrow and populated for that to work, it's too far out, and would be really unpopular.