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Brisbane City Council’s $132 million Sherwood bus depot purchase criticised by independent councillor Nicole Johnston
Brisbane City Council has spent $132 million purchasing a bus depot in Sherwood, after selling the land in 2009 for $21 million and leasing a purpose-built depot from its private owners ever since.
Key points:
- Brisbane City Council sold a Sherwood block of land for $21 million after initially planning a bus depot on-site
- The depot was built by private owners and leased back to the council in 2012 on a 25-year lease
- Independent councillor Nicole Johnston has criticised the council’s decision to buy back the site now
The council’s decision to sell the land and lease the depot after it was built was a highly contentious issue that fractured relations between the LNP administration and then-LNP councillor Nicole Johnston.
Cr Johnston left the…
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