Recreating Brunswick Street Mall as a two-lane road is one of the proposals being considered by lord mayor Graham Quirk as part of his plan to “fix” Fortitude Valley.

Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/drive-to-open-brunswick-street-mall-to-traffic-20120724-22mzo.html#ixzz21bAskiKO

Looks like they've decided the mall there is no good, and they're looking at other options.

The poll on the site asks readers:

Do you think Brunswick Street Mall should be opened to traffic?
Yes - but one slow lane only
Yes - one lane of traffic each way
Yes - but only during the day, and closed to cars at night
No, it should remain closed to cars


What do you think?

I can tell you my opinion; it isn't the mall itself that is a problem, it's some of the regulars that spend a lot of time there.

No, it should remain closed to cars

where's the 'build a tunnel under the mall' option?

where's the 'build a tunnel under the mall' option?

already done, check a map, the clem 7 goes directly under the mall

^ don't forget the $5 toll

But where would they have the markets?

opening it up will be like the silly street at the gold coast where all the fully sic cars go by with broken exhausts + ppl who walk across the road without thinking...

I don't want to have to go to the city to watch a good fight at 3am on a Saturday.

Though in all my years I think I've only seen one fight in the mall and it was pathetic.

the mall is good and has been cleaned up heaps in the last 10 years. opening it to cars would be a step back imo

greedy property owners don't get enough loot from "beer barns" so they want to move the suits in. suits have the phat loots.

offices & businesses instead of concerts & gigs... just what brisbane needs.

Why the hell would they get rid of it?That would be like doing the same thing to Queen St Mall.