Additional bus services between Beenleigh Railway Station and Ormeau Railway Station

Eligibility - Queensland residents
Principal Petitioner:
Jill McLucas
C/- 1/270 Lahrs Road
ORMEAU QLD 4208
Total Signatures - 362
Sponsoring Member: Mr Michael Crandon MP
Posting Date: 27/2/2023
Closing Date: 7/5/2023
Tabled Date: 9/5/2023
Responded By: Hon Mark Bailey MP on 8/6/2023
TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland

Queensland residents draws to the attention of the House, the urgent need to upgrade the bus services between Beenleigh Railway Station and Ormeau Railway Station, which includes services throughout the Jacobs Ridge area (the 728 service) and Ormeau Hills area (the 729 service). The funding was included in the June 2022 Queensland State Budget, yet the services have not been upgraded.

Both before and since other services (the 721 and 722 services between Ormeau and Coomera Train Stations), were upgraded on the 13th of February 2023, both the 728 and 729 services have had bus services cancelled at short notice or bus stops missed on the route.

The funding was made available in the 2022 Queensland State Budget, for these services, and the people of the Northern Gold Coast have been patient enough. Now is the time for the State Government to act, even if it means contracting another local bus service operator, to provide these urgently needed service upgrades.

Your petitioners therefore request the House to do all in its power to ensure the Department of Transport and Main Roads assure that the upgrade of the 728 and 729 bus services between Beenleigh Railway Station and Ormeau Railway Station, are delivered, as a matter of urgency.