In 2007 I campaigned to deliver a traffic study to improve safety along Venner Road, Annerley. The study was completed during my first year as your local Councillor.
In 2009 the Lord Mayor Graham Quirk and I announced the findings of the Freight Study and committed to both short term and long term improvements. Details are noted below. As part of my reelection campaign in 2012 I promised to make this make this important safety project a priority. Since then I have been campaigning to ensure the Venner Road Freight Study is added to Council’s Long-term Infrastructure Plan and Priority Infrastructure Plan. The Lord Mayor, despite supporting the project in 2009 and 2012 has now reneged.
I will not give up this important project for our district. Removing trucks from Venner Road, and relocating them to a purpose built by-pass in the Yeerongpilly industrial area, would benefit residents and business alike.
Click here to read the Lord Mayor’s response to Nicole’s representations to accelerate a safety review following the Venner Rd accident in August 2018.
Click here to read Councillor Johnston’s Priority Infrastructure Project (PIP) submission (P3).
Click here to read Councillor Johnston’s Local Government Infrastructure Plan (LGIP) submission (P3).
Click here to read Councillor Johnston’s Neighbourhood Plan submission (P6).
Click here to read Councillor Johnston’s 2018-19 Budget Submission.
Click here to read Councillor Johnston’s 2009 press release.
Click here to read the Councillor Johnston’s 2009 letter to residents.
Click here to view Councillor Johnston’s postcard supporting the Venner Road Frieght Bypass
Click here to read a letter from Council’s Transport Planning and Strategy Team regarding the possible purchase of 531 Ipswich Road, Annerley
Media
Click here to read – ‘No go Venner Road’ – City South News, February 5 2009
Click here to read – ‘Roads Need Work’ – City South News, February 9 2009
Click here to read – ‘Road Puts Lives at Risk’ City South News, March 29 2012
Click here to listen to – 512 ABC Talkback with Spencer Howson – Venner Road Freight Bypass