1. South East Truck Safety Committee

2. Truck Safety Committee members SEFE Forests NSW VicForests Pentarch RoadsVictoria NSW Roads and Traffic Authority WorkCover Bombala Shire Council Bega Valley Shire Council Southern Training NSW Police Blue Ridge Hardwoods Several haulage contractor reps

3. SETSC OBJECTIVES Provide a forum to discuss broader truck safety issues Promote interstate & interagency co- operation & co-ordination Promote Truck Safety within the local community Interact with other similar groups and help in lobbying on key road infrastructure issues Provide & receive feedback to/from road users, particularly truck operators

4. SETSC Coverage Extends from Bairnsdale in south to Nowra in north Includes Tablelands north to Tallaganda Native and plantation forestry Total log haulage around 1.7m tonnes Employment direct 1200; indirect 1800

5. Public land dominates 87% of East Gippsland comprises public land In NSW, ranges from 72% in Eurobodalla LGA to 22% in Palerang, average of 45% across 6 LGAs.

6. Land tenures

7. Key Industry Players Main growers - Forests NSW 1,200,000t - VicForests 400,000t - Private property 100,000t Main processors - SEFE (Eden) 1,000,000t - Pentarch (Eden) 250,000t - Visy (Tumut) 110,000t - Sawmills (several) 340,000t

8. The haulage network Primary haulage routes include Princes, Monaro and Snowy Mountains Highways. Volumes vary, increasing with proximity to Edrom Road. Edrom Road- 1.3m tonnes annually Imlay Road – 700,000 tonnes annually

9. Volumes over main roads

10. Imlay and Edrom Roads Sealed roads built by NSW Forestry Commission in 1960s and 1970s. Imlay Road (57kms) links Monaro Highway with Princes Highway Edrom Road (17kms) links Princes Highway with Twofold Bay – SEFE and export wharf Imlay Road is the only unbroken 25m B-double approved route traversing the GDR between the Victorian border and the Illawarra.

11. Imlay and Edrom (cont’d) Because Forests NSW is not a Road Management Authority (RTA and Councils are), we do not attract Gov’t funding Currently funded on proportional usage basis by timber industry users (SEFE, VicForests, FNSW). Other users are not contributing. Consultants report has identified need to increase funding in short term to address urgent needs.

12. Graham Foley & Associates P/L Graham Foley & AssociatesABN: 36 005 180 665 21 Ferrars PlacePhone 03 9699 2416 S Melbourne Vic. 3205Mob: 0405 058 687 ACN: 005 180 665E-mail: grahamdfoley@optusnet.com.augrahamdfoley@optusnet.com.au Contract Report Edrom Road and Imlay Road—analysis of inspection and test data for Works Program development for Forests NSW—Southern Region January 2011