News from Council Meeting - 10 May 2021

Published on 10 May 2021

Delivery of Tasmania’s largest celebration of local produce will be overhauled to secure its long-term future.

The City of Hobart will take steps to transition the Taste of Tasmania to a new ownership model, providing greater scope to grow the iconic festival beyond Hobart’s boundaries.

Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds said the City of Hobart had delivered the event for more than three decades, developing it to a point where it had outgrown the City’s resources.

A missing link in Hobart’s cycling infrastructure is set to be filled, pending state government grant funding.

Separated cycleway connections on Argyle, Campbell, Liverpool and Bathurst streets are proposed to be installed for a 12-month trial.

Key stakeholders have been consulted on the project and feedback received has been incorporated into the concept design, which is part of the ongoing implementation of the Hobart Principal Bicycle Network Plan.

The new cycle links will connect with existing cycling infrastructure to make cycling a more practical option for city commuters.

Included in the project is the creation of clearway zones to improve safety and traffic flow. A further report will look at the feasibility of introducing priority car pool and bus lanes on Campbell and Argyle streets.

An unacceptable increase in traffic and the resulting safety concerns, combined with concerns around possible discrepancies in the plans and likely visual impacts and loss of local amenity, are key factors behind the Council’s refusal of a residential development at Sandy Bay.

Based on officer advice, an application for 20 residential dwellings and associated works on Enterprise Road and Edith Avenue has been refused.

The application received 213 representations objecting to the proposal.

In considering a proposal to extend the urban growth boundary at Brighton, the Council will request that the Planning Minister also consider the impact of the proposal on the proposed Metro Plan, traffic in to other areas particularly the CBD, and the potential impacts on the need for new infrastructure.

The Council will also seek urgent action by the state government to fast-track the Southern Tasmanian Regional Land Use Strategy Review.

A framework to guide the City of Hobart in fostering an equal and inclusive community has been adopted, with six key commitments to lead its implementation to be released for public comment.

Hobart: A City for All – Community Inclusion and Equity Framework replaces the previous Social Inclusion Strategy and provides a set of guiding principles to support the City in addressing the systemic causes of exclusion and discrimination.

Six draft Community Commitments have been developed as an initial step in implementing the Framework and will be released for consultation.