Legislation and Governance
The prime transport statute in Victoria is the Transport Integration Act. The Act establishes and sets the charters of the state agencies charged with integrating and coordinating the state's transport system and, as part of that activity, providing roads, managing network access and providing registration and licensing services. The Act establishes the Department of Transport as the agency responsible for the overall integration and planning of Victoria's transport system. In addition, the Act creates Victoria's key road agency, the Roads Corporation or VicRoads. Another relevant state agency is the Linking Melbourne Authority, which is responsible for certain major road projects.
An important road regulation statute is the Road Management Act 2004, which regulates the management of Victoria's road network. The key statute that regulates Victoria's road safety is the Road Safety Act 1986.
Responsibility for road maintenance in Victoria is distributed. Vicroads maintains main roads, including secondary roads, while local government councils maintain local roads. There are also private roads. The federal government takes its own interest in national highways, and other roads of national interest, such as those that impact foreign trade.
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