Michael Ferguson,Minister for Infrastructure and Transport
Tasmania’s post-COVID recovery and economic future continues to build with the latest Tasmanian Infrastructure Pipeline forecasting $17.4 billion in planned public economic and social infrastructure investment over the next 10 years.
The Tasmanian Infrastructure Pipeline maps out the longer-term plans for the provision or upgrading of important public building projects including roads, schools, hospitals, bridges and irrigation networks.
This includes our unprecedented $5 billion infrastructure program across the next four years that will support around 25,000 jobs, meaning more income for Tasmanian families, and more money in our local communities.
This year’s pipeline also includes the $401 million 2020-21 Federal Budget investment in Tasmania’s roads and the additional $34.3 million Australian Government COVID-19 stimulus investment in shovel-ready infrastructure projects, road safety upgrades and state road netw
A 20-year-old Burnie man is in custody after committing a $40,000 Burglary of well-known Burnie Jewellery Store, Dean Walker Designs. Police will allege.
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Light Aircraft Crash at Burnie/Wynyard Airport
Around 4pm today emergency services were called to the Burnie Airport regarding a light aircraft crash.
A recreational aircraft being piloted by a 77-year-old man who is an experienced pilot, was attempting to land, when the aircraft appears to have been hit by a cross wind which has contributed to the aircraft crashing upon landing.
The pilot has managed to contact airport staff, who contacted emergency services, before extricating himself from the aircraft.
The pilot was taken to the North West Regional Hospital due to lower back soreness.
There were no passengers on the aircraft.
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Police are responding to serious crash, Bass Highway Wynyard
Approximately 3.15pm on Friday 19 February 2021, Emergency Services were called to a report of a truck colliding with two vehicles on the Bass Highway Wynyard at the Deep Creek Rd intersection.
A silver Mitsubishi Four Wheel Drive and a white Subaru Wagon travelling East have collided causing the Subaru to cross the road and impact with an unladen Kenworth Prime Mover travelling West.
Two of the three occupants of the Subaru have sustained serious injuries, whilst a third occupant of that vehicle has sustained minor injuries. All three occupants of Mitsubishi have sustained minor injuries. All occupants were transported to the North West Regional Hospital.
Police are continuing to investigate an evade incident in Burnie this morning. Around 11pm last night a red Holden Crewman Ute evaded police on Simpson.