The Statement of Affairs contains details of Roads and Maritime Services' (replacing Roads and Traffic Authority) 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 Roads and Maritime Services
Roads and Maritime Services is a NSW State Government agency established on 1 November 2011. It is a delivery agency responsible for implementing strategy and delivering customer focused services in a cost effective manner.
Roads and Maritime Services aims to build and maintain roads; conduct driving tests; issue licences and registrations; and oversee harbours and waterways to create a streamlined, customer focused organisation to deliver essential frontline services to people who use roads, harbours and waterways.
Our customers
Roads and Maritime Services has a vast range of customers, including individuals, private organisations, community groups, local councils, State and Federal Government agencies.
The roads division of Roads and Maritime Services manages assets valued at more than $75 billion and has nearly 7000 employees. Roads and Maritime Services exists to serve the community in:
- Testing and licensing motorists.
- Inspecting and registering vehicles.
- Improving road safety.
- Upgrading the road network.
- Maintaining efficient traffic flow; and
- Preserving the condition and value of the community’s road infrastructure.
Roads and Maritime Services has a core responsibility to provide driver and rider licence and vehicle registration services. As at 30 June 2009, there were:
- 4.64 million NSW licensed drivers.
- 5.2 million NSW registered vehicles; and
- Just over 19 million registration and licensing transactions.
Assets and funding
The road network that Roads and Maritime Services 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 Roads and Maritime Services (replacing Roads and Traffic Authority) include:
- Around 180 offices including 129 motor registries.
- Purpose built facilities, including Crashlab, the Transport Management Centre, Document Management Centre, Argyle Street and Roads and Maritime Services (replacing Roads and Traffic Authority) Contact Centre.
- Other facilities including work depots, motorcycle rider training centres, fleet workshops, mobile service units, laboratories and inspection stations.
Roads and Maritime Services 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. Roads and Maritime Services (replacing Roads and Traffic Authority) owns assets which are held for road projects including heritage listed properties which are tenanted, maintained and managed by property staff.
Roads and Maritime Services (replacing Roads and Traffic Authority) receives $3.2 billion per annum including contributions from the State and Australian governments, and road user charges. Roads and Maritime Services provides financial assistance to local councils to manage 18,474 kilometres of regional roads. Roads and Maritime Services (replacing Roads and Traffic Authority) 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
Roads and Maritime Services has 6924 equivalent full-time employees located across NSW.
Further information
Customers seeking further information on Roads and Maritime Services should use the search facility on Roads and Maritime Services website. The website carries extensive information on:
- Roads and Maritime Services' 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 Roads and Maritime Services website, constitutes Roads and Maritime Services' Statement of Affairs, as required under the Freedom of Information Act 1989.