Almost $11 million worth of roadworks to connect the Brisbane CBD to the city’s new $158 million cruise ship terminal at Luggage Point will start early next year, with tenders set to close just before Christmas.

Until the new cruise ship terminal is built, cruise ships more than 270 metres in length have to berth at the simple grain terminal at the Port of Brisbane’s Fisherman Island.

The cruise terminal planned for Luggage Point. Credit:Port of Brisbane

Smaller cruise ships now dock at Portside Wharf at Hamilton.

Brisbane City Council agreed at its weekly meeting on Tuesday to go ahead with its 50 per cent share of a $10.9 million roads upgrade project at Pinkenba to connect passengers to Kingsford Smith Drive and into the city’s hotels.