Queensland Deputy Premier Jackie Trad has called for tolls on the Go Between Bridge to be removed just hours after Brisbane City Council’s transport boss ruled it out.

On Tuesday council’s public and active transport chairman said the council would spend $5 million upgrading four intersections near the William Jolly Bridge to cater for extra capacity when Victoria Bridge is closed for Brisbane Metro.

The Go Between Bridge connects West End and the Inner City Bypass at Milton. Credit:Glenn Hunt

A few hours later Ms Trad said on Facebook that while the city needed more public transport and green bridges there had been no community consultation on the closure of the Victoria Bridge which had been servicing the southside since 1969.

“The Brisbane City Council cannot simply shut a free bridge and assume that traffic won’t be a problem,” she said.