Launceston City Deal - Progress Report

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The inaugural Annual Progress Report for the Launceston City Deal was released on 13 July 2018. It identified the key achievements since the City Deal's signing and updated the key milestones to be delivered over the next 12 months.

Key achievements

City Deal partners:

  • Are investing $95 million to improve the health of the Tamar Estuary. The Tamar Estuary Management Taskforce delivered the River Health Action Plan to improve the governance and coordination of policy actions. The Plan was released in February 2018 and the Australian and Tasmanian Government's committed to a joint investment to deliver the Plan’s 12 recommended projects.
     
  • Are improving the livability of the Launceston city centre. Stage 1 of the City Heart project has passed the halfway mark. The Civic Square reconstruction is nearing completion and progress has been made on other significant projects, including commencing the Brisbane Street Mall redevelopment.
     
  • Settled the funding and land titles to support the University of Tasmania to relocate its main campus from Newnham to Inveresk. The project is receiving a total of $260 million, the largest single infrastructure investment in Launceston’s history.
     
  • Are making Launceston a Smart City by investing $3.5 million to the Greater Launceston Transformation Project. The project includes five 3D digital city models, people movement analytics, and an intelligent digital city roadmap. This is on top of delivering a new Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LoRaWAN) and a range of other ‘smart city’ and data related commitments, including the release of 34 Launceston datasets on data.gov.au.

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