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About the project

The Bass Highway – Christmas Hills Road to Deloraine project will improve safety and efficiency on the Bass Highway. The project aims to address the high-priority improvement opportunities identified for this location outlined in the Bass Highway Devonport to Launceston Corridor Strategy.

The improvements will include improvements to the Christmas Hills Road and Griffins Road intersections, widening the road, installing median flexible safety barriers and improving signage and line markings, which will:

  • increase safety for road users, including a reduced risk of head-on crashes and provide an opportunity for safe overtaking.
  • improve efficiency and travel time reliability.

Community consultation

Community consultation took place between May and July 2025, closing on Tuesday, 1 July 2025.

A big thank you to everyone who took part and shared their feedback with us.

The feedback received during the consultation will help inform the final design for the road upgrade.

We will report on our website what we heard, outline the key issues raised during the consultation and how these were considered in the development of the final design.

Timing

This project is now in the preliminary design phase. We expect to have the final detailed design completed by the end of 2025.

Project location

Christmas Hills map May 2024

Figure 1 - Project location.

New safety signs

As part of our ongoing commitment to road safety, new signage has recently been installed at the Christmas Hills Road intersection on the Bass Highway.

To improve driver awareness and reduce the risk of incidents, we’ve installed larger ‘Give Way’ signs on Christmas Hills Road and new ‘Watch for Traffic Entering’ signs 300 metres in advance of the intersection in both directions.

These interim measures aim to enhance safety ahead of the planned major upgrade to the highway section, which is currently in design and scheduled for commencement in 2027/2028.

Bass safety signs

Bass safety signs 2

Bass safety signs 3

Accessibility

If you would like to find out more information and you have accessibility requirements, please contact the project team below.

You can find out more about Transport Services' commitment to accessibility on our website here: https://www.transport.tas.gov.au/accessibility

Contact

Please call Sarah Sutton on 0418 828 896 or email christmashillsroadtodeloraine@stategrowth.tas.gov.au

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