Public and active transport chairman Adrian Schrinner said the council wanted to start with a review of bus services in the Jamboree ward,but Translink had declined to jointly fund the review.
“When we contacted Translink last year they declined to be involved because they were focusing on the Commonwealth Games so we contacted them again since the Commonwealth Games and unfortunately they have also once again declined to be involved,” Cr Schrinner said.
“It’s got to the point now where we’re proposing to conduct our own consultation with residents and to lead the charge.
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“It would have been ideal obviously to have Translink involved but they declined that offer on a number of occasions.”
Transport Minister Mark Bailey said the negotiations with the council were still ongoing because the state government was still waiting to see the detail of how the council’s Brisbane Metro would impact services.
Thelast Brisbane bus network review in 2013 assessed 235 routes and resulted in nine routes being scrapped and 80 services changes,including 46 timetable changes,34 route changes and three route amalgamations.