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At January 2004, local government authorities maintained 14,021 kilometres of roads across Tasmania.

Greater Hobart-Southern Region had the longest total length of roads owned by local government (5,211 kilometres), followed by the Northern Region (5,175 kilometres) and then Mersey-Lyell (3,921 kilometres).

Of the 5,211 kilometres of roads owned by local government in the Greater-Hobart Southern Region, 24.0% were located in urban areas and 76.0% located in rural areas. Of the 4,890 kilometres of roads owned by local government in the Northern Region, 17.5 % were located in urban areas and 82.6% located in rural areas. Of the 3,921 kilometres of roads owned by local government in the Mersey-Lyell Region, 17.7% were located in urban areas and 82.3% located in rural areas.

Northern Midlands local government area (LGA) had the longest total length of roads owned by local government (979 kilometres). The majority of roads in this LGA were rural (867 kilometres, or 88.6%).

ROADS OWNED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT(a), By local government areas - January 2004
		Urban sealed	Urban unsealed	Rural sealed	Rural unsealed	Total roads
Local government area		km	km	km	km	km
Greater Hobart-Southern
	Brighton	60	-	58	35	153
	Central Highlands	16	2	79	655	752
	Clarence	243	4	124	60	430
	Derwent Valley	32	4	65	229	330
	Glamorgan/Spring Bay	71	16	76	182	345
	Glenorchy	240	-	38	15	293
	Hobart	288	9	-	-	297
	Huon Valley	24	10	134	589	757
	Kingborough	111	-	130	272	513
	Sorell	31	41	86	177	335
	Southern Midlands	30	13	132	628	803
	Tasman	6	2	50	145	203
	Total	1,152	101	972	2,987	5,211
Northern
	Break O'Day	82	-	120	353	554
	Dorset	46	9	206	478	739
	Flinders Island	6	3	67	309	385
	George Town	38	3	111	134	285
	Launceston	350	-	123	234	707
	Meander	111	13	434	234	792
	Northern Midlands	99	13	463	404	979
	West Tamar	77	5	197	170	449
	Total	809	46	1,721	2,316	4,890
Mersey-Lyell
	Burnie	120	-	161	72	352
	Central Coast	127	1	395	140	663
	Circular Head	51	1	215	500	767
	Devonport	157	-	68	14	239
	Kentish	18	2	220	245	485
	King Island	10	4	37	381	432
	Latrobe	48	2	159	77	286
	Waratah/Wynyard	64	4	189	265	522
	West Coast	67	17	15	76	175
	Total	662	31	1,459	1,770	3,921
Tasmania		2,620	178	4, 152	7, 071	14,021
- nil or rounded to zero (a) The sum of the components may differ from the total, due to the effects of rounding. Source: State Grants Commission, Department of Treasury and Finance.