OODGEROO MP Mark Robinson has taken a swipe at the state government after big-ticket Redlands projects, some linked to the Brisbane Olympics bid, were left out of the budget.
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There was no money allocated for the eastern busway expansion or the long sought-after Cleveland railway line duplication, with Redlands health projects instead emerging as big winners.
Mr Robinson said the budget was a big transport fail, as the state government had not followed through on transport infrastructure spruiked as part of the Olympics bid.
But Capalaba MP Don Brown fired back, saying Mr Robinson was asking for infrastructure he had never promised at an election or delivered while the LNP was in government.
"As I have stated before, I am fighting for an eastern busway or metro as part of the infrastructure required if we secure the Olympics in 2032," he said.
"I am proud to be part of a government that has had the vision to bid for the games to put south-east Queensland on the world stage."
Mr Brown said in April he was pushing for the eastern busway to be the road infrastructure project given top priority if the 2032 Olympics bid was successful.
But Mr Robinson said he had been the first to make the call on a busway extension after the 2020-21 state budget, delayed due to the pandemic, was handed down.
He told Parliament in December getting the full busway back on track would be important if the games were to be held in the south-east.
Mr Brown said the government was committed to delivering better Redlands public transport, with construction underway for stage one of the $30 million eastern transitway along Old Cleveland Road.
Mr Robinson called on the government to confirm if the busway, rail duplication and state road duplication were part of the Olympics bid.
"Local Labor MPs have been talking up the Brisbane Olympic Games and the possibility of big ticket transport infrastructure being leveraged off the Games," he said.
"The Palaszczuk government could have outlined an Olympics vision that confirms these big transport projects, but the government's budget is silent on them."
Mr Brown said it would take all three levels of government to work together if Olympics infrastructure projects were to be delivered on time, should the bid be successful.
He did not respond to whether his election promise of 14 minute time savings on Cleveland line trains into the city still stood, or why no money had been committed in the budget to the two projects in question.
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