The Murray Region Forestry Hub has released its Infrastructure Needs and Optimisation Assessment, a new region-wide study that maps how logs and finished wood products move into, within, and out of the Hub area, and what that means for our roads and communities.
The report highlights the national significance of the Murray softwood plantation and processing sector, which produces around 2.5 million m³ of logs annually and manufactures about 1.8 million tonnes of timber and fibre products each year, generating a freight task of roughly 159,000 loaded truck movements.
It identifies 27 priority infrastructure issues across seven local government areas and outlines a $118.8 million program of targeted road upgrades—especially around Tumbarumba—to improve safety, reduce bottlenecks, and support smarter, lower-emissions haulage options such as high-productivity vehicles.