The Queens Wharf development and a high-rise crane caused significant traffic problems on Sunday, with congestion clogging inner-Brisbane roads.
Demolition works on the $3 billion complex saw the closure of the Margaret Street off-ramp on the Riverside Expressway during the weekend.
Australian Traffic Network reporter Olympia Kwitowski said throughout the morning, inbound congestion on the Riverside Expressway was back to the Pacific Motorway in Greenslopes - about seven kilometres of delays. However, these delays cleared just after 2pm.
She added that motorists were also trying to avoid the gridlock by using the Stanley Street off-ramp, however they were then hitting congestion on Vulture Street, caused by a construction crane being dismantled. This gridlock remained beyond 3pm.
As a result, Vulture Street was closed, between Grey and Tribune Street, in South Brisbane and this closure was expected to remain in place until at least 6pm. Ms Kwitowski said inbound traffic stretched back several kilometres to The Gabba at 3pm.
There was also congestion in South Bank, which continued beyond 3pm. Outbound drivers were stuck on Merivale and Ernest Street thanks to the Vulture Street work, with Gladstone Road and Gloucester Street in nearby Highgate Hill also heavy in both directions as a result.
Meanwhile, a motorcyclist was killed after being involved in a collision with a four-wheel-drive in the Sunshine Coast hinterland on Sunday morning.
A Motorcyclist has died after colliding with a vehicle in Peachester. @WINNews_SCoast pic.twitter.com/i6lGW7YDkW
— Sam Okely (@samokely) July 30, 2017
The crash happened just before 10am at the intersection of Peachester and Storrs Road in Peachester and the 61-year-old male motorbike rider died at the scene.
The road was closed in the aftermath, but reopened just before 1pm after the Forensic Crash Unit had investigated.