The Statement of Affairs contains details of the RTA's main functions, the main legislation it operates under, the advisory committees that exist, the records we keep, where we keep them, how people can access them and contact details for the FOI officers.
Introducing the RTA
The RTA is a NSW statutory authority established in 1989 under the Transport Administration Act 1988, through an amalgamation of the former Department of Main Roads, the Department of Motor Transport and the Traffic Authority. Its primary responsibilities are to:
Manage the road network to achieve consistent travel times.
Provide road capacity and maintenance solutions.
Test and license drivers and register and inspect vehicles.
Improve road safety.
Assets and funding
The road network that the RTA manages includes:
17,954 kilometres of State Roads (including 4268 kilometres of AusLink network and 161 kilometres of privately funded toll roads).
2946 kilometres of Regional and Local roads in the unincorporated Area of NSW.
4998 bridges, including major culverts and tunnels, and nine vehicular ferries.
3630 traffic signals and other traffic facilities, systems and corridor assets.
The non-road assets of the RTA include:
Around 180 offices including 129 motor registries.
Purpose built facilities, including Crashlab, the Transport Management Centre, Document Management Centre, Argyle Street and the RTA Contact Centre.
Other facilities including work depots, motorcycle rider training centres, fleet workshops, mobile service units, laboratories and inspection stations.
The RTA holds road, bridge and traffic infrastructure with a written down value of $69 billion including land under roads. It also holds property, plant and equipment, private sector provided infrastructure and other non-current assets with a written down value of $4 billion. The RTA owns assets which are held for road projects including heritage listed properties which are tenanted, maintained and managed by property staff.
The RTA receives $3.2 billion per annum including contributions from the State and Australian governments, and road user charges. The RTA provides financial assistance to local councils to manage 18,474 kilometres of regional roads. The RTA also provides some funding and support to the 144,750 kilometres of council-managed local access roads which are funded by local ratepayers and federal road assistance grants.
Employees
The RTA has 6924 equivalent full-time employees located across NSW.
Further information
Customers seeking further information on the RTA should use the search facility on the RTA website. The website carries extensive information on:
The RTA’s role and functions.
Our key advisory bodies and how they operate.
Records we keep and how you can gain access to them.
How the public can participate in agency policy development.
Access to publications, including brochures and Annual Reports.
This document, along with other information on the RTA website, constitutes the RTA’s Statement of Affairs, as required under the Freedom of Information Act 1989.
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