The Southern Integrated Transport Plan has been developed as a consultative document, which has been endorsed by the Steering Committee overseeing the development of the Plan.
We encourage you to have your say on the draft Plan, particularly on the vision, objectives and strategies contained within the Plan. Your comments will be considered by the Steering Committee in the development of the final Plan.
A response form has been developed to assist your organisation in providing comment, organisations and individuals are also welcome to prepare their own separate comments.
The Plan has an eight-week public comment period with comments due by 31 August 2009. Please direct comments to the:
Southern Integrated Transport Plan
Department of Infrastructure Energy and Resources
PO Box 936
Hobart 7001
or click here to email the steering committee.
Your comments are important to us and we look forward to your input to enable us to deliver a transport system that meets our regions future needs and aspirations.
Download the Draft Plan for public consultation [PDF 1.6Mb]
Download the Response form [PDF - 244Kb]
The Southern Regional Transport Forum was held on the 4th April 2008. The forum provided an opportunity for State and local government, along with key stakeholders, to identify major transport planning issues for the Southern Region before a draft plan is released for public comment later this year.
The issues that were raised at that forum — and a first draft of an assessment of the key regional issues — is now available for download. Any feedback or comments would be welcome.
Download issues draft plan [64Kb PDF].
The Southern Integrated Transport Plan is currently being developed. It is a joint initiative under the Southern Partnerships Agreement, developed cooperatively by the Department of Infrastructure Energy and Resources (DIER), Southern Tasmanian Councils Authority and 12 Southern local government authorities: Brighton, Central Highlands, Clarence, Derwent Valley, Glamorgan-Spring Bay, Glenorchy, Hobart, Huon Valley, Kingborough, Sorell, Southern Midlands and Tasman.
The plan recognises the relationship between economic development and infrastructure and is linked to the development of an Economic Infrastructure and Development Strategy under the Partnership Agreement.
The Southern Tasmanian Councils Authority (represented by the Joint-Executive Directors) and Department of Economic Development (DED) have taken the lead in developing this strategy.
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Chair of the Southern Tasmanian Councils Association (STCA), Ald Rob Valentine, said today the Southern Tasmanian Councils who led the ‘Fair Go For Our Roads’ campaign, will keep the Federal Government accountable on the delivery of all its $303 million in road funding commitments made to the region during the 2007 Federal Election campaign.
Ald Valentine said the STCA fully expects the Federal Government to implement the then Labor oppositions plan to improve southern Tasmanian roads, as announced during the election campaign.
The commitments listed in the correspondence received by the STCA at the time included;
- $131 million towards the Brighton Bypass and upgrading the East Derwent Highway;
- $56 million to build a Brighton transport hub;
- $11 million towards the upgrade of the Bridgewater Bridge;
- $5 million to start planning the Pontville-Bagdad Bypass and new Bridgewater Bridge;
- Fully fund the Kingston Bypass with the Tasmanian Government;
- $11 million to upgrade the Bridgewater Bridge;
- and A commitment to extend the AusLink National Transport Network in Tasmania to include the Brooker Highway from Granton to Hobart, and the Tasman Highway from Hobart to the Hobart International Airport.
“The Kingston By-pass was put on the agenda, over and above the STCA’s Fair Go For Our Roads campaign by the then Howard Federal Government promising a fully Commonwealth funded Kingston By-pass,” Ald Valentine said.
“This was later matched by the then Labor opposition as a fully funded project in partnership with the state government.
“Our region has waited a long time for these urgent improvements to our transport infrastructure and Southern Tasmanian Councils will closely monitor the realization of the Kingston Bypass, along with the other projects under the funding arrangements and timeframes as outlined when the commitments were originally made.”
For further comment and interviews, please contact Ald Rob Valentine, on 0418 127 323
Part I
Question 1 – Should Federal Government funding be provided for improvements to the northern approaches of Hobart, including a bypass of Brighton, Pontville and Bagdad, and an upgraded Bridgewater Bridge?
Read on for the responses from all Federal Election candidates.
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Part II
Question 2 – Do you support the AusLink National Network in Tasmania being extended to include the Brooker Highway to the Port of Hobart, and the Tasman Highway to the Hobart International Airport?
Read on for the responses from all Federal Election candidates.
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The Southern Tasmanian Councils Authority will increase pressure on all major parties to provide major road funding for Southern Tasmania.
The 12 newly-elected Mayors of Southern Tasmania have welcomed Labor’s commitment to fund the priority road projects in the region, in partnership with State and Local Government, and have today called on the Coalition to match the commitment.
STCA chair Ald. Rob Valentine said that “Southern Tasmanians are sick of their roads being ignored,”
“For years the needs of Southern Tasmania have been ignored in favor of more marginal electorates in other parts of the country.
“That’s why the Southern Tasmanian Mayors have been campaigning over the last six months for both major parties to commit to the priority road projects in our region and we welcome Labor’s commitment yesterday to fund urgent improvements to Hobart’s northern approaches, and to extend the AusLink network in Tasmania to include the Brooker and Tasman Highways.
Ald Valentine said that over the past fortnight, the STCA has polled all local candidates from all parties about their commitment to funding for Southern Roads.
“We will be taking out full page advertisements in The Mercury and publishing the poll results in the lead-up to the November 24 Federal election so that voters are fully informed,” Ald Valentine said.
“The residents of our Councils deserve to know where all their candidates stand on this important issue for our region.
“Our advertisements will ensure all Southern Tasmanians know exactly which of our local candidates in this federal election are genuinely committed to improving the road and rail infrastructure in our region.
“This is not about political gain for the Mayors and Councils of Southern Tasmania — we’ve all been re-elected this week.
“We are doing this because it is the right thing to do and is economically crucially to the State of Tasmania.
“The main artery to Hobart — the Country’s southernmost Capital City — relies on efficient transport for export markets.
“This should be a matter of the highest priority for both levels of Governments — whichever party is elected Federally and the State Government.
“And we will continue our Roads campaign until we have a bi-partisan commitment to fund these critical road projects”
The Chair of the Southern Tasmanian Councils Authority (STCA), Ald Rob Valentine said today that Southern Tasmanians were expecting ‘both major political parties’ to commit funding to the Southern Tasmanian Infrastructure Plan, which includes a bypass of Dysart, Brighton, Bagdad and Pontville and an upgraded Bridgewater Bridge.
Responding to a suggestion from the RACT that a new four lane eastern shore highway should be considered before any decision is made on the Bridgewater Bridge, Ald Valentine said that this idea was first floated in the 1970’s.
‘We believe this alternative route has been considered before, but there are some major issues associated with it, such as the cost of land acquisition, the crossing of cultural heritage sites, the lengthening of supply chains for key businesses in the South and the pressure it would put on the current intersection at Elwick,’ Ald Valentine said.
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Mayors from Southern Tasmania’s three largest cities are concerned both major political parties are ignoring urgent road funding needs in the South.
With the Federal election just weeks away, Lord Mayor Ald Rob Valentine, Mayor of Clarence Ald Jock Campbell and Mayor of Glenorchy Ald Adriana Taylor have urged the Federal Government and Labor Opposition to commit to the urgently needed upgrades to Hobart’s northern approaches and expanding the AusLink Network to include the Brooker and Tasman Highways.
Chair of the Southern Tasmanian Councils Authority, Ald Rob Valentine said the region welcomed commitments by the Federal Government to fully fund the Kingston Bypass, but there were other priority road projects in Southern Tasmania needing urgent attention.
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The Southern Tasmanian Councils Authority (STCA) has ramped up its campaign for the AusLink Network in Tasmania to be extended to include the Brooker Highway into Hobart and the Tasman Highway to the Hobart International Airport.
In releasing its submission on the Commonwealth Government’s draft AusLink Tasmanian Corridor Strategy, Chair of the STCA, and Lord Mayor of Hobart, Ald Rob Valentine, was today joined by the Mayor of Clarence, Ald Jock Campbell and the Mayor of Glenorchy, Ald Adriana Taylor, to highlight the importance of this issue to the whole Southern Tasmania region.
Ald Valentine said the STCA submission emphasises the significant strategic importance of the Brooker and Tasman Highways to Tasmania.
‘The Brooker and Tasman Highways are the busiest roads in Tasmania and are expected to remain that way for at least the next twenty-five years,’ Ald Valentine said.
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