King said the use of the $450 million was raised with her by both Mellish and Schrinner.
“Minister Mellish raised this issue with me yesterday, as did Adrian Schrinner when I saw him, and we’ll just continue to have discussions. But no decisions are made yet.”
Schrinner confirmed the talks.
“With the decision not to rebuild the Gabba, there is an opportunity to redirect the Gabba Metro station funding into expanding the Metro to more locations,” Schrinner said on Thursday night.
“This would be the kind of much-needed transport legacy that prompted us to bid for the 2032 Games in the first place.”
“The State Government is yet to receive a formal proposal.”
The council has an electric bus charging station on the southside at Rochedale to allow the first two Brisbane Metro routes to operate.
During the March 2024 council election campaign Schrinner promised a future electric bus charging station on council-owned land at Fitzgibbon, near Carseldine, allowing buses to be charged in six minutes.
The government’s Queensland Investment Corporation owns the land above Brisbane’s new Cross River Rail stations, including at Woolloongabba. It has yet to finalise development plans for the precincts.
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