Roads and Maritime Services
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Roads and Maritime Services |
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| State level | country |
| position | New South Wales Transportation Authority |
| Supervisory authority | Minister for Roads and Ports |
| founding | November 1, 2011 |
| Headquarters | Sydney , New South Wales |
| Servants | 7433 |
| Budget volume | AU $ 1,703 million |
| Web presence | www.rms.nsw.gov.au |
Roads and Maritime Services ( RMS for short ) is the road and traffic authority in New South Wales , Australia . It is responsible for the maintenance, expansion and operation of the nationwide road network. It also operates the driving license and registration offices and monitors ports and waterways.
The authority was launched on November 1, 2011 as a merger of the Roads and Traffic Authority ( RTA for short ) and NSW Maritime . Planning authority was transferred to the Transport for New South Wales authority , which was founded on the same day.
Road network
The road network operated by Roads and Maritime Services has a total length of 18,028 km, including 4,269 km funded by the National Roads Administration and 163 km privately financed toll roads. This includes 5051 bridges , 22 tunnels and 3751 traffic lights . The remaining 144,750 km in New South Wales are managed by the Local Government Areas .
The main highways in New South Wales are:
Car ferries
As part of the road infrastructure, the RMS also operates various car ferries , these are basically free of charge:
- Berowra Waters Ferry, across Berowra Waters
- Lawrence Ferry, across the Clarence River
- Mortlake Ferry, across the Parramatta River in Sydney
- Sackville Ferry, across the Hawkesbury River near the village of Sackville
- Speewa Ferry, across the Murray River between New South Wales and Victoria
- Ulmarra Ferry, across the Clarence River
- Webbs Creek Ferry, across the Hawkesbury River in Wisemans Ferry
- Wisemans Ferry, across the Hawkesbury River in Wisemans Ferry
- Wymah Ferry, across the Murray River between New South Wales and Victoria
Lighthouses
RMS is also responsible for the operation of 13 lighthouses :
- Point Danger Light
- Fingal Head Light
- Ballina Head Light
- Evans Head Light
- Tacking Point Lighthouse
- Crowdy Head Light
- Point Stephens Light
- Norah Head Light
- Barrenjoey Head Lighthouse
- Kiama Light
- Warden Head Light
- Brush Island Light
- Burrewarra Point Light
See also
- Highways in Australia
- List of highways in New South Wales
- List of Australian lighthouses and lightships
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b RTA - Annual Report 2010/2011 . Retrieved April 22, 2012.
- ↑ RMS - Commitment to service . Retrieved April 22, 2012.
- ↑ a b RMS - About ( Memento of the original from April 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved April 22, 2012.
- ^ RMS - About Us . Retrieved April 22, 2012.
- ^ RMS - Vehicle Ferries . Retrieved April 22, 2012.
- ^ RMS - Maritime Lighthouse Lights . Retrieved April 22, 2012.
