State plan to fast-track Roma Street precinct development slammed by Brisbane City Council

A Queensland government plan to fast-track development around Brisbane’s Roma Street Station as part of Cross River Rail has been met with criticism from Brisbane City Council.

The state’s plan could see up to 4,000 more people living around Roma Street Parklands by 2036, as well as adding an education facility, retail, shops, hotels and short-term accommodation, and a possible stadium.

But the council’s planning spokeswoman Krista Adams said the proposal would create “lost land, lost…