Safer driving with road upgrades across Tasmania

The Australian and Tasmanian governments have committed $27.5 million in joint funding to improve safety on targeted regional roads through the Road Safety Program.

This investment comprises five projects – split amongst a variety of upgrades including shoulder sealing, junction realignment and installation of traffic signals that will improve road safety for local communities and travellers across the state.

Upgrades have been targeted at sections of highways, local roads and intersections known for previous incidents and serious crashes:

  • Installing traffic signals at the intersection of Brooker Highway and Foreshore Road in Montrose 

  • Realigning the junction at Waddles Road and Pipers River Road near Karoola

  • Road widening and creating a right-turn lane at the intersection of Midland Highway and Lake Leake Highway in Campbell Town

  • Realigning Frankford Road and Chapel Road at Harford into a T-junction

  • Shoulder sealing on a section of Sheffield Main Road.

Junction alignments and shoulder sealing upgrades provide key safety improvements to reduce lane departure crashes, which have been the main cause of serious injuries and deaths on Tasmanian roads. 

The Australian Government is providing $22 million towards the projects under the Road Safety Program, with the Tasmanian Government contributing $5.5 million.

Through the program, Tasmania will also provide valuable road safety data that will help shape future policy and further road safety improvements for everyone using the nation’s roads.

Improving road safety data and strengthening program evaluation is a priority for the Australian Government, and will contribute to more targeted investment in future which will save lives on Australian roads.

For further information visit www.officeofroadsafety.gov.au.

Quotes attributable to Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Catherine King:

“The Australian Government is committed to improving road safety by significantly reducing the number of road deaths and serious injuries on our roads. 

“Road safety is a shared responsibility and the Australian Government is working together with the Tasmanian Government to ensure the state’s roads can be kept safe to reduce the amount of deaths and serious injuries on our roads.”

Quotes attributable to Tasmanian Minister for Transport, Eric Abetz:

“We’re pleased to be working collaboratively with the Australian Government to help reduce fatal and serious road accidents across Tasmania.

“Not only do these road safety upgrades help reduce the number of crashes on Tasmania’s road network, they also reduce the ongoing cost of maintaining these sections of road by prolonging the life of the road surfaces.

"Through our 2030 Strong Plan for Tasmania's Future or through collaborative partnerships, we're working hard to make Tasmanian roads safer."