Federal Member for Page Janelle Saffin and Kyogle Shire councillor Lindsay Passfield have arranged for the Federal Parliamentary Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government to visit the tiny village of Legume, between Woodenbong and Warwick, as part of a two-day tour of Northern New South Wales and South East Queensland.

Committee members will today make aerial and on-site inspections of the Pacific Highway upgrade, and a range of proposed transport infrastructure projects, including a progressive upgrade of the Summerland Way.

Ms Saffin said she, Cr Passfield, NOROC Chair Cr Jenny Dowell and State Member for Lismore, Thomas George, will present the Committee with a communiqué from her cross-border transport summit attended by 40 key stakeholders in Ballina early last month.

"The Federal Government's focus on nation-building, through the establishment of Infrastructure Australia and the Building Australia Fund, provides the Northern Rivers with an opportunity to argue strongly for transport projects which strengthen the local economy and create jobs," she said.

"Peak regional organisations, transport industry leaders, the private sector and community action groups have agreed to support NOROC in developing a Regional Integrated Transport Plan which clearly identifies our road, rail, air, and public transport needs for the next half a century; tests the feasibility of projects, and prioritises them."

The Federal Committee’s hearing in Legume will follow the annual general meeting of the Downs To Rivers Action Committee, chaired by Cr Passfield, which has been lobbying since the early 1970s for an upgrade of Mount Lindesay Road from Legume to Woodenbong.