LABOR candidate for the Redlands electorate Kim Richards has started a push for the Cleveland-Redland Bay Road and Giles Road intersection to be upgraded, with acting premier and treasurer Curtis Pitt inspecting the area.
Ms Richards said as part of the push to get road works done, she had contacted Mr Pitt about community concerns and taken him to see the intersection.
“Our community’s number one issue is the lack of road infrastructure,” Ms Richards said.
“The LNP have failed to deliver over the past eight years.
“...I will continue to fight for the implementation of road and infrastructure upgrades for Redlands.”
In April, Redlands MP Matt McEachan attacked Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey over the issue, saying the minister had failed to make himself available to discuss the situation.
Mr Bailey said the government would spend $3 million on improvements in addition to capacity upgrades by a large local development with road works to be completed in June next year.
As part of its development conditions, the big Shoreline project was required to upgrade the Giles Road intersection and other sites.
Mr McEachan said the upgrade was announced last year and had gone no further than the design stage.
