News
8 February, 2025
New servo proposal
A new service station on Bribie Island Road is being considered by Moreton Bay Council, following a development application lodged late last year.
If approved the proposed service station on 411-449 Bribie Island Road would operate 24/7, providing a total of ten fuel bowsers, including 16 fuel points for small, private vehicles and two bowsers for trucks and commercial vehicles.
Vehicle access to the proposed development will be facilitated by one entry/exit driveway crossover to Bribie Island Road, with a total of 19 car parking spaces will be provided. In total, the proposal provides approximately 954.0m2 of landscaping across the service station development site.
The application prompted a number of submissions, all objecting to the proposal, with the submission period having closed last week.
Objections included that the servo would be “unnecessary” given an existing Shell service station, which is on the same side of the road, is located 800 metres away, and another two service stations located less than 5km to the west, and another 7km to the east.
According to one Bongaree resident there were seven service stations along and within 100m of the 17km of road between the Bruce Highway and Sandstone Point.
“The proposed station will not provide competition as the 7 already in place have proven,” he wrote.
“Petrol will not be required as much in the future, causing site decommissioning and environmental issues.”
Another submitter added that the economic report attached in the DA, prepared by Econisis, is “seriously flawed”.
“It (the report) did not include the nearest four existing service stations to the site,” they wrote.
“Competition is currently abundant and this development is unnecessary and detrimental to existing local businesses.”
Another recurring argument against the development was safety concerns, given increased traffic and the proposed site being next to an intersection, having only a single entry/exit.
A Caboolture local wrote that the road already suffered from high traffic and accidents, adding that a single entry/exit would add to the risk.
“Being a local, I know first hand the driving behaviours of the many that use Bribie Island Road and unfortunately you will have the vehicles that wish to cross across Bribie road from the western direction, perhaps as a last minute decision adding to the danger of the road,” they wrote.
Property Projects Australia, who are managing the DA and project, did not reply to The Sentinel’s questions regarding concerns raised including location and safety concerns.
