Considering the sensitive environment of the Tarkine was important during the design and construction of the Tarkine Drive Upgrade project.
We did an extensive series of surveys and monitoring programmes to assess and mitigate the impacts on the natural environment of construction works and increased road users. We also did location-specific environmental awareness training for construction workers, a program of regular and on-going roadkill monitoring, and a plan to remediate sites of historic disturbance in the region.
The Australian Government approved the project with a number of conditions under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. In meeting these conditions, we made sure that the project met best-practice environmental management.
Annual Compliance Reporting
We publish annual reports about the actions taken to meet the Conditions of Approval.
- Annual Compliance Report 2023 - 2024 (PDF 4.13 MB)
- Annual Compliance Report 2022-23 (PDF 4.12 MB)
- Annual Compliance Report 2022 (PDF 4.3 MB)
- Annual Compliance Report 2021 (PDF 2.4 MB)
- Annual Compliance Report 2020 (PDF 4.3 MB)
- Annual Compliance Report 2019 (PDF 4.3 MB)
- Annual Compliance Report 2018 (PDF 2.7 MB)
- Annual Compliance Report 2017 (PDF 15.8 MB)
- Annual Compliance Report 2016 (PDF 7.7 MB)
- Annual Compliance Report 2015 (PDF 1.9 MB)
- Annual Compliance Report 2014 (PDF 1.7 MB)
Awareness Training
All workers involved in construction were inducted through an Environmental Awareness Training Program. The program educated workers about the unique environmental values in the Tarkine and made sure they understood their legal obligations to minimise impacts to the local natural surroundings.
Quarterly Roadkill Monitoring Reports
We started regular roadkill monitoring at the beginning of construction. We did this to get more data about roadkill, and to help with roadkill mitigation strategies along the Tarkine Drive.
This monitoring is still done now that the project is finished. All records are published on this website through quarterly reports.
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - October to December 2024 - uploaded 15 January 2025 (PDF 562 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - July to September 2024 (PDF 697 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - April to June 2024 (PDF 695 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - January to March 2024 (PDF 695 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - October to December 2023 (PDF 874.4 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - July to September 2023 (PDF 897.9 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - April to June 2023 (PDF 819.7 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - January to March 2023 (PDF 868.4 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - October to December 2022 (PDF 808.0 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - July to September 2022 (PDF 847.1 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - April to June 2022 (PDF 846.9 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - January to March 2022 (PDF 851.5 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - October to December 2021 (PDF 739.1 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - July to September 2021 (PDF 769.6 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - April to June 2021 (PDF 759.5 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - January to March 2021 (PDF 619.5 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - October to December 2020 (PDF 621.6 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - July to September 2020 (PDF 868.3 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - April to June 2020 (PDF 863.4 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - January to March 2020 (PDF 869.8 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - October to December 2019 (PDF 867.8 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - July to September 2019 (PDF 1.2 MB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - April to June 2019 (PDF 1.2 MB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - January to March 2019 (PDF 931.4 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - October to December 2018 (PDF 965.4 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - July to September 2018 (PDF 946.9 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - April to June 2018 (PDF 766.0 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - January to March 2018 (PDF 974.9 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - July to September 2017 (PDF 963.1 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - April to June 2017 (PDF 928.3 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - January to March 2017 (PDF 942.9 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - October to December 2016 (PDF 766.5 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - April to June 2016 (PDF 810.4 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - January to March 2016 (PDF 956.8 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - October to December 2015 (PDF 927.0 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - July to September 2015 (PDF 928.8 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - April to June 2015 (PDF 895.7 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - January to March 2015 (PDF 900.6 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - October to December 2014 (PDF 893.3 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - July to September 2014 (PDF 905.6 KB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - January to March 2014 (PDF 3.9 MB)
- Roadkill Monitoring Report - September to December 2013 (PDF 3.8 MB)
Pre Approvals and Environmental Planning
As part of the approval process, we developed a Public Environment Report (PER) to help the Australian Government assess the proposed upgrade works, as required under the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
The final PER documents are available below:
- Public Environment Report Tarkine Forest Drive Tasmania Pages 1-73 (PDF 6.1 MB)
- Public Environment Report Tarkine Forest Drive Tasmania Pages 74-148 (PDF 5.1 MB)
- Public Environment Report Tarkine Forest Drive Tasmania Pages 149-271 (PDF 4.0 MB)
- Appendix A, Tarkine Forest Drive Map Series Map Index (PDF 984.2 KB)
- Appendix A, Tarkine Forest Drive Map Series Map 1-14 (PDF 11.7 MB)
- Appendix A, Tarkine Forest Drive Map Series Map 15-25 (PDF 10.3 MB)
- Appendix A, Tarkine Forest Drive Map Series Map 26-45 (PDF 19.0 MB)
- Appendix B, Northbarker Ecosystem Report - Part 1 (PDF 12.6 MB)
- Appendix B, Northbarker Ecosystem Report - Part 2 (PDF 14.2 MB)
- Appendix C-O (PDF 10.6 MB)