This strategy identifies and prioritises projects along the entire length of the West Tamar Highway from Launceston to Beauty Point to improve corridor performance and provide for future growth in the region.
The strategy covers the whole length of the highway from Launceston to Beauty Point, building on a previous study that looked at the southern section of the highway between Launceston and Legana.
This new comprehensive plan provides an assessment of the highway and its ability to meet the current and expected needs of the region, including a list of improvement opportunities.
View the corridor strategy report (PDF 7.8 MB).
The West Tamar Highway Corridor Strategy – Launceston to Beauty Point project aims to provide a whole of corridor integrated plan that considers improvements to safety, road user experience, and meet the future transport demands for this growing region.
The key objectives were to identify and prioritise:
Consultation closed on Monday, 24 October 2022.
We asked the community to help us identify which areas for improvement along the entire West Tamar Highway between Launceston and Beauty Point, with a focus on the northern section between Legana and Beauty Point.
View the Consultation and Feedback summary report (PDF 493.8 KB).
Click on the image below to view the West Tamar Highway, from Launceston to Beauty Point location map (PNG 253.4 KB) in full size.
The West Tamar Highway is an important road connecting community, industry and visitors to the West Tamar region and delivering produce from the region to Launceston and the rest of the state.
We recently completed a road corridor study for the southern section of highway between the Launceston CBD and McEwans Road, north of Legana. You can find out more about this study here: West Tamar Highway Corridor Improvement Plan (PDF 1.8 MB).
We are now extending our corridor planning to the entire West Tamar Highway to incorporate the northern section from Legana to Beauty Point.
We are asking for your feedback to help us identify areas of the highway which require our attention. Your feedback will be used to develop the West Tamar Highway Corridor Strategy and will help inform our investigations and prioritise future projects
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:
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For further information on this project, please contact our Stakeholder and Community Engagement Consultant, Campbell Walker on 03 6323 1935 or email WestTamarCorridorStrategy@stategrowth.tas.gov.au