LNP rethinks river crossing plans A map of the original Cleveland solution. The Newman government has rejected suggestions it will resurrect the $2.5 billion Cleveland solution, instead saying it is considering an underground rail and bus tunnel under George Street. A spokesman for Transport Minister Scott Emerson confirmed on Tuesday that under a proposal it was considering a tunnel would run under George Street's parliamentary precinct. This comes despite Mr Emerson backing an investigation of the Cleveland solution in June 2012. It was subsequently ruled out by the government's three-person independent panel. Since then until Monday afternoon, the Queensland Government's policy was to proceed with a $4.45 billion scaled-back version of Cross River Rail. Labor's Cross River Rail project ran the underground rail under Albert Street. It is unclear how much cheaper the LNP plan would be, or what tunnel's alignment would be, Mr Emerson's spokesman said. He said there were no firm details of the new concept, or where the stations would be built. Premier Campbell Newman was cautious when speaking to journalists about his plans on Monday. I wish I could tell you more, but we are actually working through the whole project again. But Opposition Leader Annastacia Palaszczuk says Mr Newman's plan was an old idea the former Labor government dismissed years ago. "This was mooted some five or six years ago and it was too expensive for the state government to move ahead with," she told ABC radio on Tuesday. She said the Cross River Rail project was ready to go, and been ticked off at both the state and federal levels, and would create 7000 jobs. "It is the solution for the congestion that will happen on our rail network," she said. The government today needs to explain what their alternative is, and how long its going to take. A spokesman for Mr Emerson said it was the former Labor government's plan that was unaffordable. "It was never affordable," he said. Meanwhile Brisbane City Council has almost finished its CBD underground bus link project to take buses off the Victoria Bridge, a project estimated to cost $2.5 billion. Its December 2011 idea was to build a new bus-only green bridge from near the Victoria Bridge to to the top of Adelaide Street, where buses would then go under Adelaide Street, easing congestion in Adelaide Street. It is unclear if or how Mr Newman and Cr Quirk's two concepts would blend.