Hobart Area Transportation Study

The Study was undertaken by US transportation and infrastructure consulting firm Wilbur Smith and Associates[2] during the years 1963 and 1964, and the findings and suggestions were published in 1965.

[6][7][8] Completed in 2011, the AU$41 million bypass was designed to relieve the road network within Kingston by diverting through traffic around the town.

[6] While this bypass has only been constructed as a two-lane expressway, The transport corridor it passes through has been designed to cater for future expansion.

[7] While not directly proposed at the time of this study's publication, further investigation of the area as a potential river crossing was suggested.

The Hobart Area Transportation study was also released with estimates of daily Traffic of the proposals for the Target year of 1985.