Cr Quirk revealed that building river crossings was becoming more difficult in his State of the City address at a BDA: The Committee for Brisbane event on Tuesday.

“We're going to see a potential for more green crossings, but I don't think we're going to see too many more traffic crossings, to be honest,” he said.

“I think there could be an opportunity around the University (of Queensland). West End and the university.”

In 2017, peak motoring body RACQ revealed the responses to its Bridging Brisbane survey which showed the 12 bridges and tunnels residents wanted.

The response to the survey showed a majority of respondents wanted the proposed bridges to be for walking, cycling and general lanes of traffic.

RACQ head of public policy Rebecca Michael said traffic going into cities was becoming more congested and so the capacity of how many vehicles that could be brought into the city was being reached.

“It’s important to build capacity for the future, but we have to be smart about it and where we’re putting that,” she said.

“We understand why they are envisioning a future where we can’t keep building river crossings into the city.”

Ms Michael said it was pleasing to see the council had the link between West End and St Lucia on its list for consideration.

Cr Quirk said the council would focus on public transport projects in the future.