The RACT’s Tasmanian Road Futures: Funding Priorities 2017 and Beyond highlights the stretches of road most in need of upgrades.

RACT chief executive Harvey Lennon encouraged the state government to get on-board with the proposals.

“The RACT stands ready to work with the government on identifying the most appropriate spending priorities,” Mr Lennon said.

Among the proposals were upgrades to the Craythorne Road to Atkinsons Road stretch of the West Tamar Highway and the Alanvale section of the East Tamar Highway, as well as the completion of scheduled works on the Midland Highway.

Furthermore, the RACT has devised a 10-year plan for the Bass Highway, encompassing safety upgrades for the Christmas Hills and Parramatta Creek sections of the highway, in addition to the Wynyard to Marrawah stretch.

It has also been suggested that the Wynyard intersections of the Bass Highway be “consolidated”.

RACT has, too, called on the government to upgrade the Australian Road Assessment Program rating for all Tasmania’s roads to a minimum of three stars.

Infrastructure Minister Rene Hidding welcomed the RACT’s wishlist, noting that the government had already committed to boosting AusRAP ratings for the state’s roads to a minimum of three stars by 2040 and to increasing long-term average infrastructure investment by 20 per cent over four years.

Opposition infrastructure spokesman Shane Broad also welcomed the wishlist, highlighting that Labor had announced a prospective $60 million community roads package earlier in 2017.