The Gap Community Association

Please find attached a copy of letter sent off this week to Cr Graham Quirk, BCC Chair for Transport & Major Projects.
It urges that consideration be given to reducing the speed limit along Gap Creek & Dillon Road to 50km/h from its present 60km/h. In addition, that improved signage of the speed limit be constructed [...]

On February 22 this year the association wrote to the Premier, Peter Beattie MP, about our concern over the proposed Western Bypass being built through The Gap. This followed our public meeting on February 16 (attended by 400 people) at which we called for a public guarantee by both the State Government and the BCC that such a road through The Gap will not occur.

Our letter advised of the public meeting’s request for the ‘guarantee’. (It must be pointed out at this stage that a similar letter also went to the Lord Mayor; to date we have only received an ‘acknowledgement letter’ from Campbell Newman and no detailed reply).

As tabled at our GCA meeting last Monday night (June 27), we have now received a response to our letter from the Premier (albeit signed by his Chief of Staff, Rob Whiddon).

Snr Sgt Andy Graham again attended the Gap Community Association’s monthly meeting last night to report on local policing issues. He also brought along and introduced the new Superintendent of the Brisbane West Police District, Peter Martin, and Gap Police Constable Deb Dahl, who is now The Gap Division’s Crime Prevention Officer.

Community issues/No Western Bypass thru The Gap campaign

General discussion ensued on:

• The western bypass debate
• Gap Creek/Dillon Road
• A SCIP (Suburban Centre Improvement Program) initiative earmarked for Harry Street, Ashgrove

Cr Geraldine Knapp addressed the meeting on these issues as well.

Late last week I received a response from the Lord Mayor to our association’s recent enquiries re: the future of Gap Creek Road. This road got a mention in the recent Brisbane City Council (BCC) 2005-06 budget.