And then very disappointed to find out that instead of turning lights, they have installed a red turning light for pedestrians, which I am sure is needed.

At this intersection, it is very hard for cars waiting to turn right to go north to see the traffic going straight ahead toward Invermay Road because of the offset nature of the traffic islands and the large vehicles that turn right out of Forster Street to go into town.

It is a big intersection and I often feel as if I'm dicing with danger trying to turn right to head north. Traffic lights with turning signals would make it a safer intersection.

And I shall be interested to see if the changes further south will affect traffic flow in a positive way. It seems to me it will just move the traffic flow problems to somewhere else.

Northern Suburbs residents have to cross either the Charles Street or Tamar Street bridges to get in or out of town.

Both are bottlenecks and moving traffic off Charles Street will just make the roundabout on Invermay Road at Lindsay Street more of a nightmare.

The traffic lights being in sync and allowing traffic to flow along Goderich, Charles and Wellington streets is the best way of improving traffic flow rather than necessarily stopping right turns.

AFTER spending over 30 years on the mainland and seeing the infrastructure that goes on in other states, it concerns me why Launceston is still procrastinating on how to solve their traffic problems. One answer is staring us in the face.

A second bridge across the Tamar around the Riverside/Legana area would overcome much of the congestion.

There are many ways to pay for the structure as government's know. Instead of putting it in the "too hard basket", we need someone to show some leadership and make it happen.

No better time than now with the federal government throwing money at infrastructure. Who will take up the challenge to ease the traffic issues for our children and our grandchildren?

IT'S patently obvious the million dollar rewards have been successful in solving 20-year and older murders on the mainland with today's announcement of a further one being offered for another such crime.

After over 20 years one would think that the Tasmanian government would have done likewise in solving the murders of the two young women murdered in the St Helens region.

Victoria Cafasso and Nancy Grundwaldt may only have been tourists, but they have family who deserve to have some closure, do they not?

Why doesn't the Tasmanian Government step up to this issue?

THE sad part about actually having a prognostic time frame is that each individual's situation is so different.

We have lost friends who were gone within three months of being diagnosed, they suffered dreadfully, there wouldn't have been the time for them to process their application.

I believe that Tasmania has chosen to keep it uniform, follow in the footsteps of Victoria and Western Australia.

What a shame that the experience and evidence from the Victorian doctors, Dr Cam McLaren and Dr Nick Carr, now experienced in working within a VAD Legislative environment was not taken on board.

Isn't that what it should be about? Listening to what works and what doesn't?

I CANNOT believe that this government is all for importing potatoes from South Australia. Like Greenland importing ice.

If this comes about I am sure the majority of Tasmanians will boycott this produce.

We should demand full details of who is involved, all reasons for it, who is making money out of it, what are the benefits (if any) to our state. I trust the majority of politicians as far as I can throw a grand piano.

Something suss here, in spite of the good work by Peter Gutwein during COVID-19, this will cost the Liberals dearly next election.

ROY Gamage is certainly on the money. Why should Tasmanians pay mainland prices for energy?

I live in an area of Melbourne where Singapore Power owns the supply, and the dollars go to Singapore. Why fund foreign or mainland greed?

Keep up pressure on the federals who think that privatisation is the key to lower prices and more efficiency, the so-called free enterprise model, imported from the US, which benefits the big end of town, and not the ordinary Tasmanian or Australian consumers

In Melbourne we were told that the state government could not run the suburban railways without losing millions of taxpayer money.

So, Metro runs the system, making enormous annual profits, and is a French government enterprise.

Tasmanians need to avoid such ridiculous models of trade and stick with green, clean, but cheaper energy.

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