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Tasmania regulation
This proclamation dedicates specified Crown land as a highway and changes the legal status of parts of the East Tamar Highway by formally declaring some sections State Highway and removing others from that status. It updates official plans and road descriptions and is administered by the Department of State Growth.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Proclamation under the Highways Act 1951 and the Roads and Jetties Act 1935.
| Name | Description | Length in kilometres | | East Tamar Highway | (a) From the southern abutment of the Charles Street Bridge at Launceston to the northern abutment of the Charles Street Bridge in Launceston | 0.12 | | | (b) From a point on the existing East Tamar Highway approximately 0.370 kilometres north of the centre of Barnards Creek Bridge to a point on the existing East Tamar Highway approximately 0.387 kilometres north of its intersection with John Lees Drive (northern junction), shown as shaded grey on Plan 11420 in the Central Plan Register, a reduced copy of which is set out, by way of illustration only, in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to this proclamation. | 8.32 |
| Name | Description | Length in kilometres | | East Tamar Highway | From the existing East Tamar Highway at a point approximately 0.335 kilometres north of the centre of Barnards Creek Bridge to a point approximately 0.800 kilometres north of the centre of Symons Creek Bridge, via Dilston, shown as the area marked by stippling on Plan 11420 in the Central Plan Register, a reduced copy of which is set out, by way of illustration only, in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to this proclamation. | 8.28 |
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 18 September 2024
This proclamation is administered in the Department of State Growth.
Sourced from Tasmanian Legislation Online (legislation.tas.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.
Part 2 Schedule 1
| Name | Description | Length in kilometres | | East Tamar Highway | (a) From the southern abutment of the Charles Street Bridge at Launceston to the northern abutment of the Charles Street Bridge in Launceston | 0.12 | | | (b) From a point on the existing East Tamar Highway approximately 0.370 kilometres north of the centre of Barnards Creek Bridge to a point on the existing East Tamar Highway approximately 0.387 kilometres north of its intersection with John Lees Drive (northern junction), shown as shaded grey on Plan 11420 in the Central Plan Register, a reduced copy of which is set out, by way of illustration only, in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to this proclamation. | 8.32 |
| Name | Description | Length in kilometres | | East Tamar Highway | From the existing East Tamar Highway at a point approximately 0.335 kilometres north of the centre of Barnards Creek Bridge to a point approximately 0.800 kilometres north of the centre of Symons Creek Bridge, via Dilston, shown as the area marked by stippling on Plan 11420 in the Central Plan Register, a reduced copy of which is set out, by way of illustration only, in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to this proclamation. | 8.28 |
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 18 September 2024
This proclamation is administered in the Department of State Growth.