The strategy will prioritise locations on the East Tamar Highway between George Town and Launceston, including the Wellington Street/Bathurst Street couplet and Bell Bay Main Road.
The East Tamar Highway is an important freight, tourist and local route. The highway is the key connection for heavy vehicles accessing Bell Bay, the state’s third largest port, and the state’s largest freight-generating industrial centre.
The project aims to identify the existing road environment and detail where sections of the highway could be improved for the existing and future road use between George Town and Launceston.
The key objectives are to identify and prioritise:
Feedback from the community consultation will help inform the investigations and define possible future of road improvement projects.
Community consultation on the East Tamar Highway between George Town and Launceston closed on Monday, 7 November 2022
You can view the feedback we received on our online interactive map.
View the Consultation and Feedback Summary here.
Your views and feedback will help inform the development of the corridor strategy and to prioritise project locations.
We have been progressively preparing corridor strategies for State roads across Tasmania to create consistency in how the State Road Network is planned and managed.
Corridor strategies make planning and investment decisions transparent to the community, councils and other key stakeholders. By reviewing a variety of issues, a corridor study identifies:
For further information on this project, please email: EastTamarCorridorStrategy@stategrowth.tas.gov.au