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Have Your Say on the Future of Transport in Western Brisbane

The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) has opened community consultation on the Integrated Road and Public Transport Plan for Western Brisbane, a planning study examining transport challenges across the city’s outer west, including areas served by Moggill Road through suburbs such as Kenmore, Kenmore Hills, Moggill, and Bellbowrie.

Read: Man Found Dead After Car Plunges Into Brisbane River Near Moggill Road Ferry

Why western Brisbane is being studied

According to TMR’s project overview, western Brisbane faces a specific set of transport challenges shaped largely by its geography. The area is bounded by the Brisbane River, Mount Coot-tha, Enoggera Forest Reserve, and D’Aguilar National Park, natural features that limit where transport corridors can be built.

Moggill Road (Photo credit: Google Street View)

As a result, the region relies heavily on a single major arterial road, Moggill Road, as its primary connection to the broader Brisbane network. TMR notes that this dependence on a single arterial creates vulnerabilities across the network, and that population growth is increasing pressure on existing infrastructure.

What the plan aims to address

The planning study is designed to investigate these challenges and identify opportunities to improve the transport network. TMR has outlined the following objectives for the plan:

  • Reduce congestion and travel times
  • Improve public transport access and reliability
  • Strengthen connections between suburbs
  • Support future growth
  • Create safer travel options for people of all ages

The project documentation notes that two-thirds of all commutes in Brisbane occur between suburbs rather than into the city centre, and that much of the city’s public transport has historically been oriented around CBD-bound travel.

Read: Kenmore Roundabout Upgrade Project Scrapped in Favour of Moggill Road Bikeway

How to have your say

TMR is inviting residents to participate through four channels:

  • Online survey: An opportunity to share experiences with transport, mobility, and daily travel
  • Interactive map: Residents can drop pins to identify problem areas or suggest opportunities for improvement
  • Community pop-up sessions: Project team members will attend local hubs to speak directly with residents and answer questions. Locations and times have not yet been confirmed but will be published on the project page
  • Email updates: Residents can register via westernbrisbaneplan@tmr.qld.gov.au to receive updates as the study progresses

Feedback deadline

Community feedback closes on Friday, 29 May 2026. TMR has stated that the plan is still in its early stages and that community input will be used to inform the planning study.

Residents can access the survey, interactive map, and project updates at the TMR YourSay project page.

Published 29-April-2026

Developer Amends Moggill Road Childcare Centre Plans Into a Facility for 125 Kids

A three-storey split-level childcare centre occupying three lots may soon be built along Moggill Road in Kenmore if the development application receives the green light from Council.

Read: New Childcare Centres in Kenmore and Other Areas Causing an Oversupply Problem

The Kenmore Childcare Unit Trust wants to build a new childcare centre for 125 children along 1067, 1075 & 1079 Moggill Road. The facility will cover 888 square metres of ground floor area and will have a large outdoor play centre.

The proposal details changes to a previously submitted plan. Acoustic fencing and attractive landscaping will be reinforced across the boundaries as detailed in DA A006159171. An existing house will be demolished as a result of the development.

The plans also include the construction of an under-croft open car parking site for at least 30 car parking spaces. Access to the facility will be via Moggill Road but a pedestrian path via Cedarleigh Road will be incorporated into the construction. 

Childcare Centre Moggill Road Kenmore
Photo Credit: DA A006159171/BCC

The childcare centre planners underscored that a previous proposal was originally submitted in 2020 as it “supports the needs of the surrounding community.”  However, design changes were made and submitted in 2022 to expand the plans to suit a growing need within the Kenmore neighbourhood. 

Some residents, however, have expressed objections to the proposal citing congestion on Moggill Road. 

“For most of the day the road is busy; at peak times it is one of the slowest into the city in the morning/outbound later in the day. Around Kenmore there are two schools (OLR and Kenmore State) with associated extensive local car usage, which exacerbates the traffic congestion. I cannot believe anyone would imagine that the addition of a childcare centre on this already busy road would be sensible,” one local wrote in the DA’s submissions. 

“A number of new Child Care centres have been opened in the last couple of years and each one has resulted in a larger number of vacancies, threatening the ongoing viability of the existing childcare centres and kindergartens in the area. This indicates that another childcare is not needed in this area,” another resident said. 

The development application is still under review with Council and the State Assessment and Referral Agency (SARA). 

Read: Why Are Residents Split Over An Approved Proposal on Moggill Road?