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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Southern Tasmanian Mayors last night met with Premier Paul Lennon and Infrastructure Minister Jim Cox to discuss the ‘Fair Go For Our Roads’ campaign and the Tasmanian Government’s proposal to upgrade the northern approaches to Hobart.
Chairman of the Southern Tasmanian Councils Authority (STCA), and Lord Mayor of Hobart, Ald Rob Valentine, said the meeting was an important opportunity for the Mayors to ask the Premier about specific details of the State Government’s new infrastructure strategy for Southern Tasmania.
“The Premier provided us with a detailed briefing on the Government’s proposal to upgrade the northern approaches to Hobart, which he recently presented to the Federal Government and Labor Opposition in Canberra,’ Ald Valentine said.
