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Tumut
Contract to Provide New Road 5
July 1954 Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga) |
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The letting by the Forestry
Commission of N.S.W. of an £84,000 forest road contract in the Tumut
district was announced today by the Minister for Conservation (Mr. A. Enticknap). The Minister said this road project
is the second basic step in a long range plan which will result in the
Tumut region becoming one of the most Important timber producing
centres of N.S.W. The successful tenderers
are, W. A. Winnett and Sons of Holbrook,
who will make an early start on work. Mr. Enticknap
said the road will be known as the Bowbowlee
Creek Road, and would facilitate extractions of Monterey pine timber
from the Commissioner's plantations, in particular from Billapaloola State Forest. The contact calls for the construction
of seven and a half miles of high standard road, which will reduce
present road haulage by nine miles. It will permit of adequate log
supplies being maintained to the new Tumut softwood mill under all
weather conditions, thus avoiding delay between felling and milling which
can result In deterioration of timber. The Minister said the present road
project involves three sections. * Four Miles of shire road to be
Improved and reconstructed where necessary. * Two reinforced concrete bridges 80
feet long (separate tenders to be called for soon). * About seven and a half miles of
new forest road. The Minister said the Commission also
intends to construct a further seven miles of road, to be known as Billapaloola Forest Road to class A standard to
serve the Red Hill end Wee Jasper plantations, and to link with the
Bombowlee Road. This road will later be extended to
connect existing and proposed plantation areas with the town of
Tumut. When planting is completed, the total area will amount to nearly
36,000 acres, yielding 83 million super feet of soft wood logs per
year. This will assist the continuity of
supply of softwood timbers for building and for primary and
secondary industries in the region, the Minister concluded. |