Labor will help to deliver one of Tasmania’s most ambitious urban renewal projects in a generation.

Through our new development focussed government business, RenewTas, a Winter Labor Government will partner with Brighton Council to deliver 800 new homes and apartments in Bridgewater, as well as new commercial opportunities.

The project will unlock up to $1 billion of investment—more than the Bridgewater Bridge—create thousands of jobs and further ensure Bridgewater’s future as a thriving suburb for young Tasmanians.

After 11 years of the Liberals, young Tasmanians are shut out of the housing market, building approvals are at record lows, and government policies are making the problem worse.

It’s time for a Fresh Start for housing and development in Tasmania. To fix the housing crisis and keep young people in the state, a Labor government I lead will do things differently.

A Winter Labor Government will provide our full support to get the development moving. We will:

• Contribute $150,000 of matched funding towards the development of a final masterplan
• Contribute $250,000 towards planning new public transport for the area, including a new ferry terminal, park and ride facility and a bus interchange
• Fully support applications to the Federal Government’s Urban Precincts and Partnerships Program, to secure up to $50 million of Federal funding for enabling infrastructure

Our support for this project is all about bringing the dream of homeownership back into reality for young Tasmanians.

It’s all part of Labor’s Plan for a Fresh Start for Tasmania.

Dean Winter MP
Labor Leader

Quotes attributable to Brighton Mayor Cr Leigh Gray:

“We see this as a generational opportunity for the region. The new bridge and associated roads have reconnected east and west Bridgewater, opened up the foreshore and created a ready-made future commercial strip on Old Main Road.”

“It is not often we get the opportunity in Tasmanian do undertake an integrated design for a whole precinct of this scale, ensuring open space, commercial land, various living styles and densities and public transport nodes are all designed in from the beginning.”

“Much of the planning work is already done, it’s all within the Urban Growth Boundary, so this can all occur within the existing planning system.”