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Fewer than 1000 residents take up council offer for Go Between toll credit
Fewer than 1000 residents have been granted a toll credit for Brisbane’s Go Between Bridge since the scheme opened in January to help some of those south of the CBD after a shake-up of inner-city river crossings.
Brisbane City Council announced the subsidised travel scheme in September before the long-flagged closure of nearby Victoria Bridge to general traffic on January 24 as part of a plan to make it car-free under council’s $1.2 billion Brisbane Metro project.
The Go Between toll bridge had a 17 per cent increase in traffic in the 12 months to July.Credit:Glenn Hunt
Most of the 9000 vehicles that had used the bridge daily have re-routed to the William Jolly Bridge, in line with council modelling, with patronage on the city’s…
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