Road works set to strengthen sections of Tasmania’s Brooker Highway will commence next week.
The project, delivered under the Australian and State Governments’ Freight Capacity Upgrade Program, will target the highway’s Bridgewater-bound lanes near the Claremont Link Road overpass.
The Freight Capacity Upgrade Program is strengthening bridges and roads across Tasmania to provide improved access and reliability for the heavy vehicle freight industry.
According to Tasmanian Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Kerry Vincent, this state-wide effort has so far proven successful.
“Significant progress has been made under the five-year, $100 million program, with 22 of the 38 planned road strengthening projects completed to date, and a further five currently under construction,” he said.
“The program supports a more productive and efficient freight industry by providing freight operators increased safe operating loads, more predictable travel time, optimising road asset life, and reducing maintenance costs.
“We look forward to achieving more milestones under the program in 2026 and the benefits it will deliver across the state.”
The program will continue into 2026, with contracts either recently awarded or to be awarded in the coming months for a further 10 sites.
This will include strengthening sections of road on the Brooker, Tasman, Huon, Lyell, Midland and Ridgley highways as well as several regional roads.
Of the 37 planned bridge strengthening sites included in the program, eight have been completed to date.
A further four are expected to be completed by the end of 2025, including:
- Don River Bridge, Sheffield Road, Acacia Hills;
- Allans Creek Bridge, Arthur Highway, Taranna;
- Norfolk Creek Bridge, Arthur Highway, Taranna; and
- Wivenhoe Rail Underpass, Bass Highway, Wivenhoe.
Sixteen bridge strengthening sites are either currently under construction or have been awarded a contract for construction, 10 of which are expected to start by early 2026.
Major construction on the Brooker Highway will begin on 3 November and wrap up in late December.
Work will take place each week from 6.30pm Sunday evening to 6.30am Friday morning.
In other news, the Victorian Government has delivered the first part of the West Gate Tunnel Project.
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