PROJECTS $2 MILLION TO $5 MILLION NOMINEES
CITYLINK CYCLEWAY TRIAL Brisbane City Council Active travel in Brisbane continues to grow, and COVID-19 has changed the way we work, live and travel, with active transport being the safest method of travel while maintaining physical separation. Brisbane City Council’s CityLink Cycleway Trial caters for this ongoing growth by installing a separated bikeway through the middle of Brisbane’s CBD to fill the missing link for cyclists journeying into Brisbane’s city centre. This city-shaping project encourages even more Brisbane residents, visitors and commuters to use sustainable modes of transport and help reduce the need for car-based travel. The CityLink Cycleway Trial is a high-complexity project involving installation of 1.8km of separated two-way bikeway in a densely-utilised and heavily trafficked road reserve. The project works involved: •c onverting a kerbside traffic lane to a separated cycling facility by including raised kerbing, line marking and signage • r elocating many of the previous kerbside uses (e.g. disability parking spaces, loading zones, taxi zones) to new locations nearby •u pgrading intersections to include two-way cyclist movements on previously one-way roads •c reating a bikeway that also meets requirements to allow for use by e-scooters to contribute to the City’s e-mobility strategy. The effectiveness of the CityLink Cycleway is being evaluated as part of a 12-month trial period to determine the ultimate long-term success of the bikeway. A range of factors will be considered, including community feedback, usage, traffic analysis and safety. Learnings from this project will be used to inform future projects.
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BRISBANE CBD BURST MAINS REPLACEMENT Urban Utilities Diona is the Urban Utilities Delivery Partner for design and construction for the Water Northern Zone Program. One of the most significant package of work in the first year of the Program was the Mains Renewal in Brisbane CBD. This highly complex package included replacing over 1km of up to 100-year-old mains within four highly congested inner-city streets with significant design, planning, construction and community challenges. Diona developed innovative ways of communicating project objectives and progress to internal and external stakeholder see figure 1. The CBD is the ‘heart of Brisbane’, critical to the economic, cultural and social function of the City. The works delivered affected the key arteries and potentially affected traffic and visitors on the remainder of the body of Brisbane. Over 200 buildings were contacted with 30 water isolations over 6 months. The scale of the planning is illustrated by the need for over 15,000 community notifications. Under the skin of the city, Diona crossed over 600 services, nine major road crossings, bus and cycle routes and challenging ground conditions. Construction in the CBD presents a daily requirement for dynamic and high consequence decision making. We worked through the night knowing that any unplanned extension to a network isolation could cause major impacts to businesses, and unplanned impacts on traffic flow could cause misery to thousands. Through all this pressure and challenge the project team has delivered a result that is on time, on budget and significant positive stakeholder feedback.
