Work has begun on the first stage of the Northern Roads Package, a $55 million project to provide a more efficient route for freight vehicles travelling.
Tasmanian Labor
Labor’s Sea Highway initiative will support existing and new industries
Labor’s investment will increase port capacity and drive down costs for exporters
A Labor Government will invest $150 million into northern Tasmania’s network of ports and other key infrastructure to support the creation and growth of export businesses.
The plan is a key initiative in Labor’s fully costed jobs plan Working for Tasmania.
Labor Leader Rebecca White said a lack of investment in the state’s ports is constraining Tasmania’s export industries and putting a handbrake on business growth and job creation.
“There is a great opportunity here that we must seize and we need to support new and developing export possibilities, as well as existing industries,” Ms White said.
CLT and GLT timbers used in construction. Photo: Timberlink.
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) and the South Australian Forest Products Association (SAFPA) has welcomed timber manufacturing business Timberlink’s announcement that it will construct its new $59 million state-of-the-art Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) and Glue Laminated Timber (GLT) manufacturing facility at Tarpeena in South Australia – right next door to Timberlink’s existing sawmill site.
CLT and GLT are innovative engineered wood products focused on replacing concrete and steel in the construction of new multi-storey buildings. Timber products store carbon, have low embodied energy in their manufacture, and are truly the ultimate renewable.