Eastern Ring Road

[1][2] The idea behind the proposal is to see a continuous route from South Arm to the Bowen Bridge without the need to travel via the Tasman Highway.

The proposal would see Flagstaff Gully Road extended to the north to meet up with the East Derwent Highway.

[3] They considered four options for the link, the most popular choice would connect to the East Derwent Highway between Geilston Bay and Risdon Vale.

[3] Ratio concluded that constructing any of the options would most likely produce an unacceptable level of visual landscape, ecological, heritage and water quality impacts.

In 2005 during the Clarence City Council elections, Alderman Doug Chipman lobbied the State and Federal governments for the construction of the proposed link road.