1. 1 ROADS Services Training Group LOCAL AUTHORITY ROADS CONFERENCE 2015 Reforms, Challenges and Safety Treacys West County Hotel, Ennis, May 2015.

2. Reforms, Challenges and Safety Managing Timber Transport Shay O’Connor Senior Engineer Leitrim County Council

3. Presentation Outline  Forest Industry  Managing Timber Transport Good Practice Guide  Pilot Project Leitrim  UCD Study  Forest Entrance Consent  Felling License  Moving Forward

4. Planting of new Forests - 1920 to 2012 Hectares “Nearly all State planting” 10.6% of land area now under forest, 744,000 ha Private Planting Fragmented, 19,000 owners

5. Volume of timber to be harvested annually from Irish forests Roundwood forecast to increase from 3.8 to 7 million m 3 by 2028

6. Forest AgeHarvest TypeVolume m 3 /haNo. of Lorry Loads* /ha 201st Thinning702.8 252nd Thinning702.8 303rd Thinning702.8 354th Thinning702.8 40Clearfell47318.9 Total75330.1 Volume of timber over life time of forest

7. Good Practice Guide  Partnership Approach  Forestry Planning and Forecasting  Vehicle Technology  Agreed Routes

8. Forestry Planning and Forecasting  Coillte Data  Forest Service Forest Map Viewer Forest Cover Maps Data Agreement

9. Forestry Planning and Forecasting Forest Cover Maps

10. Vehicle Technology  Central Tyre Inflation  “Maxi” wide tyres  Vehicle Tracking/On Board Weighing  Extra Wheels on Axle

11. Agreed Routes  Control Measures CTI Tyres Restrict Number of Movements Restricted Speeds Reduced Payloads  Operation of Agreed Routes

12. Pilot Project  Preliminary Meeting Local Authority Timber Management Company Timber Buyer Transport Company  Agreement Roadworks Required prior to Operation Vehicles to be used Agreed Routes Post Operations Meeting

13. Pilot Project

14. Deep Open Drain Unsurfaced Road

15. UCD Study  Research Project  Agreed Routes Map Concept  Data Mapping and Future Forest Activity  Pavement Management System

16. Forest Entrance Consent  New Forest Entrance and Planning Permission  Technical Standard  Implementation

17. Felling License  Forestry Service  Restricted to Felling Operations  Road Conditions

18. Moving Forward  Consultation  Information Exchange  Funding  Community Involvement Schemes

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