History
The agency was created in January 1989 as an amalgamation of the Department of Main Roads, Department of Motor Transport, and the Traffic Authority. On 1 November 2011, the Roads and Traffic Authority was merged with NSW Maritime to become Roads and Maritime Services. Planning and co-ordination functions were transferred to Transport for NSW.
Read more about this topic: Roads And Traffic Authority
Famous quotes containing the word history:
“The history of American politics is littered with bodies of people who took so pure a position that they had no clout at all.”
—Ben C. Bradlee (b. 1921)
“All history and art are against us, but we still expect happiness in love.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“As I am, so shall I associate, and so shall I act; Caesar’s history will paint out Caesar.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)