At February 2004, state government authorities maintained 3,403.36 kilometres of roads across Tasmania. (This figure excludes the National Highway, which is managed by the state government but funded by the Commonwealth government).
The Greater Hobart-Southern Region had the longest total length of roads owned by state government (1,381.93 kilometres), followed by the Mersey-Lyell Region (1,055.18 kilometres) and then the Northern Region (966.25 kilometres).
Of the 1,381.93 kilometres of roads owned by state government in the Greater-Hobart Southern Region, 90.7% were located in rural areas and 9.3% located in urban areas. Of the 966.25 kilometres of roads owned by state government in the Northern Region, 91.9% were located in rural areas and 8.1% located in urban areas. Of the 1,055.18 kilometres of roads owned by state government in the Mersey-Lyell Region, 95.2% were located in rural areas and 4.8% located in urban areas.
Central Highlands local government area (LGA) had the longest total length of roads owned by state government (315.97 kilometres), with the majority of roads being rural (312.01 kilometres, or 98.7%).
ROADS OWNED BY STATE GOVERNMENT(a), By local government areas - February 2004
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 | | Urban sealed | Rural sealed | Rural unsealed | Total roads |
| | | | | |
| Local government area | km | km | km | km |
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| Greater Hobart-Southern | | | | |
| Brighton | 4.06 | 26.02 | - | 30.08 |
| Central Highlands | 3.96 | 257.03 | 54.98 | 315.97 |
| Clarence | 20.29 | 102.24 | - | 122.53 |
| Derwent Valley | 12.43 | 150.07 | 14.70 | 177.20 |
| Glamorgan/Spring Bay | 10.40 | 180.31 | - | 190.71 |
| Glenorchy | 19.15 | 12.65 | - | 31.80 |
| Hobart | 13.10 | 8.21 | - | 21.31 |
| Huon Valley | 18.35 | 136.54 | 7.45 | 162.34 |
| Kingborough | 12.60 | 112.40 | 21.66 | 146.66 |
| Sorell | 7.67 | 44.47 | - | 52.14 |
| Southern Midlands | 3.91 | 79.49 | - | 83.40 |
| Tasman | 2.79 | 45.00 | - | 47.79 |
| Total | 128.71 | 1,154.43 | 98.79 | 1,381.93 |
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| | | | |
| Northern | | | | |
| Break O'Day | 9.33 | 173.12 | - | 182.45 |
| Dorset | 9.36 | 129.77 | - | 139.13 |
| Flinders | - | 28.41 | - | 28.41 |
| George Town | 2.23 | 75.64 | - | 77.87 |
| Launceston | 18.34 | 139.58 | 3.51 | 161.43 |
| Meander Valley | 13.49 | 137.07 | - | 150.56 |
| Northern Midlands | 8.15 | 130.82 | 3.25 | 142.22 |
| West Tamar | 16.94 | 67.24 | - | 84.18 |
| Total | 77.84 | 881.65 | 6.76 | 966.25 |
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| Mersey-Lyell | | | | |
| Burnie | 14.76 | 39.08 | - | 53.84 |
| Central Coast | 2.42 | 7.62 | - | 10.04 |
| Circular Head | 4.20 | 99.37 | 80.01 | 183.58 |
| Devonport | 6.45 | 2.25 | - | 8.70 |
| Kentish | 1.36 | 104.46 | 7.74 | 113.56 |
| King Island | 3.86 | 70.57 | 2.00 | 78.43 |
| Latrobe | 3.20 | 61.30 | - | 64.50 |
| Waratah/Wynyard | 5.74 | 202.58 | 30.09 | 238.41 |
| West Coast | 8.40 | 295.72 | - | 304.12 |
| Total | 50.39 | 884.95 | 119.84 | 1,055.18 |
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| Tasmania | 256.94 | 2,921.03 | 225.39 | 3,403.36 |
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- nil or rounded to zero
(a) The sum of the components may differ from the total, due to the effects of rounding.
Source: Asset Information Group, Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources. |
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