❓ A parliamentary question regarding the responsibility for logging road maintenance in the Warren Forest Region and the reasons for using public roads instead of dedicated logging roads for transporting logs from specific coupes. The answer clarifies responsibilities and explains the use of public roads due to terrain limitations.
AnsweredQoN 718Legislative Council
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(1) Can the Minister confirm whether the Forest Products Commission or the Department of Conservation and Land Management is responsible for the cost of maintaining logging roads in the Warren Forest Region?
(2) Can the Minister confirm that logs from Crowea 6/7 and 12/13 were transported to Pemberton Saw Mill and Diamond Chip Mill using MacAlpine, Cedarman and Wheatley Coast Roads and the South West Highway?
(3) Why were the logs not transported on the dedicated logging roads?
(4) What is the Forest Product Commission’s current policy on the use and maintenance of dedicated logging roads in the Warren Forest Region?
(2) Can the Minister confirm that logs from Crowea 6/7 and 12/13 were transported to Pemberton Saw Mill and Diamond Chip Mill using MacAlpine, Cedarman and Wheatley Coast Roads and the South West Highway?
(3) Why were the logs not transported on the dedicated logging roads?
(4) What is the Forest Product Commission’s current policy on the use and maintenance of dedicated logging roads in the Warren Forest Region?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
10 June 2003
Responded by
Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Response time
35 days
In general, the management of all roads on land vested in the Conservation Commission is the responsibility of the Department of Conservation and Land Management (Departmental roads). The Forest Products Commission is responsible for maintenance of Departmental roads where and when that maintenance is for, or required as a result of, harvesting, log haulage or regeneration operations. (2) Logs were transported from Crowea 6/7 and 12/13 to Diamond Chip Mill using McAlpine, Cedarman and Wheatley Coast Roads and the South West Highway. Logs from the same coupes were transported to the Pemberton Saw Mill via a different route. (3) In this specific case the logs were not transported entirely on Departmental roads because some sections of the network were too steep for use by the truck configurations involved. (4) The Forest Products Commission nominates 'approved transport routes' for all harvest operations. Where practical these routes will make maximum possible use of Departmental roads. Where other roads, such as those that are the responsibility of Main Roads WA or the relevant local authority, are used, that use will be in accordance with all relevant legal requirements, just as applies to other road users.
(2) Logs were transported from Crowea 6/7 and 12/13 to Diamond Chip Mill using McAlpine, Cedarman and Wheatley Coast Roads and the South West Highway. Logs from the same coupes were transported to the Pemberton Saw Mill via a different route. (3) In this specific case the logs were not transported entirely on Departmental roads because some sections of the network were too steep for use by the truck configurations involved. (4) The Forest Products Commission nominates 'approved transport routes' for all harvest operations. Where practical these routes will make maximum possible use of Departmental roads. Where other roads, such as those that are the responsibility of Main Roads WA or the relevant local authority, are used, that use will be in accordance with all relevant legal requirements, just as applies to other road users.
(3) In this specific case the logs were not transported entirely on Departmental roads because some sections of the network were too steep for use by the truck configurations involved. (4) The Forest Products Commission nominates 'approved transport routes' for all harvest operations. Where practical these routes will make maximum possible use of Departmental roads. Where other roads, such as those that are the responsibility of Main Roads WA or the relevant local authority, are used, that use will be in accordance with all relevant legal requirements, just as applies to other road users.
(4) The Forest Products Commission nominates 'approved transport routes' for all harvest operations. Where practical these routes will make maximum possible use of Departmental roads. Where other roads, such as those that are the responsibility of Main Roads WA or the relevant local authority, are used, that use will be in accordance with all relevant legal requirements, just as applies to other road users.
Where other roads, such as those that are the responsibility of Main Roads WA or the relevant local authority, are used, that use will be in accordance with all relevant legal requirements, just as applies to other road users.
(2) Logs were transported from Crowea 6/7 and 12/13 to Diamond Chip Mill using McAlpine, Cedarman and Wheatley Coast Roads and the South West Highway. Logs from the same coupes were transported to the Pemberton Saw Mill via a different route. (3) In this specific case the logs were not transported entirely on Departmental roads because some sections of the network were too steep for use by the truck configurations involved. (4) The Forest Products Commission nominates 'approved transport routes' for all harvest operations. Where practical these routes will make maximum possible use of Departmental roads. Where other roads, such as those that are the responsibility of Main Roads WA or the relevant local authority, are used, that use will be in accordance with all relevant legal requirements, just as applies to other road users.
(3) In this specific case the logs were not transported entirely on Departmental roads because some sections of the network were too steep for use by the truck configurations involved. (4) The Forest Products Commission nominates 'approved transport routes' for all harvest operations. Where practical these routes will make maximum possible use of Departmental roads. Where other roads, such as those that are the responsibility of Main Roads WA or the relevant local authority, are used, that use will be in accordance with all relevant legal requirements, just as applies to other road users.
(4) The Forest Products Commission nominates 'approved transport routes' for all harvest operations. Where practical these routes will make maximum possible use of Departmental roads. Where other roads, such as those that are the responsibility of Main Roads WA or the relevant local authority, are used, that use will be in accordance with all relevant legal requirements, just as applies to other road users.
Where other roads, such as those that are the responsibility of Main Roads WA or the relevant local authority, are used, that use will be in accordance with all relevant legal requirements, just as applies to other road users.
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