The Brooker Highway, Foreshore Road and Duncan Street intersection is located at the Montrose Foreshore.
The intersection provides access to Montrose Bay High School and the Montrose Bay Foreshore Park, a busy recreation area that also connects to MyState Bank Arena via a shared footpath. The Montrose Foreshore is also home to several community clubs that haul trailers through the intersection.
High volumes of traffic entering or exiting the Brooker Highway from Foreshore Road and Duncan Street have to cross two lanes of oncoming traffic on Hobart’s busiest highway to get to their destination.
This intersection is particularly busy during school drop off and pick up times. A number of freight vehicles also use the intersection to access industrial sites on Duncan Street and beyond.
A number of crashes led us to investigate how the intersection could be improved.
It was found that traffic signals and pedestrian crossings at the intersection of Brooker Highway, Foreshore Road and Duncan Street would be the best solution to improve road user and pedestrian safety.
The upgrades will also include sealing the carpark on Foreshore Road, often used by parents for school pick up and drop off.
The upgrades will include dedicated signalised turning lanes.
Image: The Brooker Highway, Foreshore Road and Duncan Street intersection at the Montrose Foreshore.
Image: A visualisation of the proposed design of the new signalised intersection at Brooker Highway, Duncan Street, and Foreshore Road. Please note the detailed design is currently being finalised. The above design is for illustrative purposes only and may change. Once we have finalised the design, we will release final visualisations.
The concept design for the intersection upgrades was finalised in 2022. We consulted directly impacted stakeholders to gain feedback on the design.
The feedback received was resoundingly positive, and community support for the project has grown.
We are in the process of updating directly impacted stakeholders who provided feedback during the concept design phase.
In December 2024, we finalised the detailed design and received funding confirmation to progress this project to construction.
Community concern about the safety of children from the nearby high school led us to investigate installing traffic signals and pedestrian crossings at the intersection of the Brooker Highway, Foreshore Road and Duncan Street. The Montrose Bay High School is close to the intersection and a large volume of traffic pulling off the highway to drop and pick up school children during peak travel times. The intersection is also the entrance to the Montrose Bay Foreshore Park, which is a busy recreation area that connects to MyState Bank Arena. We have been made aware of pedestrians crossing the four-lane highway which is unsafe and could lead to a serious life-threatening incident.
Whilst the pedestrian overpass provides one method of crossing the highway, it is not accessible for those who use mobility aids. It is also difficult to use if you are travelling by bicycle or e-scooter. The Montrose Bay foreshore is a busy recreation area with people of all ages and hobbies using the park.
Initial investigations found it is not feasible to install an overpass or roundabout on the Brooker Highway at the intersection of Foreshore Road and Duncan Street. The current solution is cost effective, improves safety of road users and pedestrians, and has minimal impacts to travel times for road users on the Brooker Highway.
The new traffic lights will be synced with other intersections along/on the Brooker Highway to ensure efficient traffic flow.
Start of work is anticipated for 2025. Once we have finalised the construction schedule, we will contact impacted stakeholders directly and will keep the general public informed.
Your comfort is our priority, we will endeavour to minimise impacts to residents by reducing noise, dust, and light from the construction site. We will endeavour to complete the works as scheduled.
There will be minimal impacts to traffic during construction of the intersection.
This project is jointly funded by the Tasmanian and Australian Governments through the Road Safety Program.
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For more information about this project please contact Stakeholder Engagement Consultant Sarah Sutton by phone 0418 828 896 or by email montroseforeshore@stategrowth.tas.gov.au
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