A N N U A L R E P O R T 1 9 9 0 - 1 9 9 1

A N N U A L

R E P O R T

1 9 9 0 - 1 9 9 1

R O A D S A N D T R A F F I C A U T H O R I T Y

N E W S O U T H W A L E S

W h o w e are

O r g a n i s a t i o n Char t

W h a t w e have a c h i e v e d

Source a n d U s e o f Funds

T h e State's R o a d s

T h e State o f the R o a d s

K e y Resul t A r e a s *

R o a d Safety

E n v i r o n m e n t

E f f i c i e n c y

C u s t o m e r Se rv i ce

E c o n o m i c D e v e l o p m e n t

T ranspo r t E f f i c i ency

Sys tem Access

P r o g r a m C o n c e s s i o n s

Cen t r a l R e g i o n

S y d n e y Wes t e rn R e g i o n

Wes t e rn R o u t e

Wes t e rn R e g i o n

N o r t h e r n R e g i o n

S o u t h e r n R e g i o n

F i g h t i n g C o r r u p t i o n

C o d e o f C o n d u c t

In te rna l A u d i t

C O N T E N T S

F r e e d o m o f I n f o r m a t i o n 75

Equal E m p l o y m e n t O p p o r t u n i t y 76

C o r p o r a t e F i n a n c e 78

O v e r s e a s V i s i t s 82

H u m a n R e s o u r c e s 84

L e g a l C h a n g e 85

A d v i s o r y B o d i e s 86

F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S 88

* Key Result Areas are the RTA's

priorities, around which activity is

planned and performance is measured.

Twin bridges over (iibbergunyah Creek are being construeted as pari of Millagong 111 puss on Ihe Hume Highway.

I he R o a d s and t raff ic A u t h o r i t y

• was F o r m e d in January 198° to

H H m a n a g e i h e r o a d s a n d [ r a f f l e

s \ s i em in N S W .

W e l o o k af te r s o m e . '« . ) . | 0 0 k m o f

roads , i n c l u d i n g b r i d g e s a n d traffic

fac i l i t i e s such as r o u n d a b o u t s a n d

t raff ic l ights .

W e a r e r e s p o n s i b l e For l i c e n s i n g the

State's 3.6 m i l l i o n d r i v e r s a n d

r e g i s t e r i n g 3.2 m i l l i o n veh ic l e s . T h e s e

c o m p r i s e 2,420,000 cars. 80,000 m o t o r

cyc les a n d 700,(100 o the r , mos t ly

c o m m e r c i a l , veh ic l e s . B e t w e e n t h e m

the\ travel an e s t i m a t e d 33 m i l l i o n

k m a year o n our roads . In a d d i t i o n ,

t h e r e a r e a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1.788.000

b icyc les in the State a n d 350,000

bicycl is ts r i d e e v e r y day.

W e want t hose w h o use the r o a d

n e t w o r k ( a n d o n e way o r a n o t h e r we

al l d o ) to be sale a n d r e s p o n s i b l e , so

that w e can al l en joy the b e n e f i t s

r o a d s a n d m o t o r v e h i c l e s can b r i n g .

T h e H o n o u r a b l e W a l M u r r a y , M P

D e p u t y P r e m i e r and

M i n i s t e r f o r R o a d s

1 have p l e a s u r e in p r e s e n t i n g the

A n n u a l R e p o r t and S ta t emen t o l

A c c o u n t s fo r the R o a d s a n d Tra f f i c

A u t h o r i t ) For the yeai e n d e d 3 0 J u n e

1991. T h e s e have been p r e p a r e d in

a c c o r d a n c e with the A n n u a l R e p o r t s

(Statutory B o d i e s ) At i 198 I a n d the

Pub l i c F i n a n c e and Aud i t A< i 1983.

B e r n a r d Fisk

Chief Executive

:tl Octnbei 1991

O R G A N I S A T I O N C H A R T

( C o r p o r a t e F u n c t i o n a l D i r e c t o r s )

CHIEF EXECUTIVE BERNARD FISK

A.R.S.M., B.Sc.(Eng.)(Met.), Ch.E., M.I .M.M.

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• Accounting Sei»it ei • Bridge Management E X E C U T I V E A N D P E R F O R M A N l 1 I II 1 \ S I N G S T R A 1 K A

• C o m m u n h ) Relations • Engineei inn C O R P t > R \ I I S I R A I F.( A E V A L U A T I O N A N D O P I R A T I O N S

• Contract Management Management • \ . M i Management • Corporate Ireasin \ • l ) K I \ i s

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• Equal Employ mem • i ••! lei liuologv • Network Eliicicncy Accounting Lit cnoiiig <Central Servii es

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• Human RetOUD ei • liattii Managc-mcul • Programming Management Licensing Development

• Information Sei \ i( es • l iansport Studv C r o u p • Researc Ii and • Information and Budgeting • Registration and

• Legal S e n n es Development • Operat ions Audit Licensing Policy

• Propert] Set i it ei T Road Salclv • Perforin.ini r 1 valuation

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s o i l III KN R E G I O N

Responsible lor Regional planning and performance in:

Construe lion & Maintenance

Road and Itallit Safety

Road Gondii ion

Network Efficiency

Project and Program Economic Viability

Resource l"se Efficiency

Government Rel.it ion ship

Community Responsiveness

Vehicle and I'set Information Availability

O R G A N I S A T I O N C H A R T

( R e g i o n a l D i r e c t o r s )

\ l I sTAIR KERI.E L E W L A I N G

B.E.(Hons.) . M.ScEng. , B.E.. M.I.E.Aust.

M.I.E.Ausi .

N O R T H E R N R E G I O N W E S I ERN R E G I O N

W H A T W E H A V E A C H I E V E D

n i's sa lcr o n i h e r o a d s now

than it lias b e e n s i n c e 1953,

w h e n t h e r e was o n e q u a r i e i

the n u m b e r o f v e h i c l e s a n d d r i v e i *

W e c o m p l e t e d 126 m a j o r

d e v e l o p m e n t a n d r e s to ra t i on w o r k s

d i n i n g the yea r w i t h a to ta l va lue o l

S 2 2 7 M . W e s tar ted a n o t h e r 'M m a j o r

works , w i th an e s t i m a t e d va lue o f

>•_"_."i\l. A l l o l these p r o j c i Is a r e

d e s i g n e d t o m a k e r o a d s safer, m o r e

c o i n f o i t ab le a n d e f f i c i e n t .

M a j o r p ro j ec t s c o m p l e t e d i n c l u d e d

S tage I o l the S H > M H e r o n s (It cck

D e v i a t i o n o n the Pac i f i c H ighway .

S tage 1 o f i h e $ 9 ( ) M H o m e b u s h Bay

D r i v e in S y d n e y a n d a $15.4M

e x t e n s i o n o f i h e F6 S o u t h e r n

Freewiiy to A l b i o n Park Ra i l .

W e ( o n i i n u e d w i t h m a j o r

r e f o r m s o f h o w the r o a d s a n d

11 a 11 ic s) s tem is m a n a g e d a n d

d e v e l o p e d , i n c l u d i n g i n c r e a s e d

p r i v a t e s ec to r d e v e l o p m e n t .

W e a r e wot k i n g c losely w i th

L o c a l C o u n c i l s to i m p l e m e n t

new classific at ions o l S ta te a n d

R e g i o n a l R o a d s a m i a s s o c i a t e d

f u n d i n g a r r a n g e m e n t s .

W e l a u n c h e d an in -dep th studv.

Road Transport—Future Directions,

to assess p o s s i b l e o p t i o n s we l l

i n t o the nexl < en tu i y.

Road Safety 2000 a n d o u r

Environmental Strategy a r e i m p o r t a n t

p o l i c i e s that have b e e n d e v e l o p e d

wi th c o n s i d e r a b l e input f r o m a w i d e

cross-sect ion o f t h e c o m m u n i t y .

W e l a u n c h e d a s e r i e s o f Roads for

the Nineties b r o c h u r e s , o u t l i n i n g

m a j o r d e v e l o p m e n t s p l a n n e d fo r

11 r e g i o n s o f N S W .

A b o v e all . w e c o n t i n u e d to work to

m a k e N S W a safer, b e l t e r p l a c e in

wh ich to l ive.

Tilba Tilba Deviation on Ihe Princes Highway was opened in August 1990.

W H A T W E H A V E A C H I E V E D

F r o m 1990-91 to 1992-93, t he Stale

a n d Federa l G o v e r n m e n t s w i l l s p e n d

S 3 0 0 M u p g r a d i n g the Pac i f i c

H i g h w a y in a p r o g r a m to e l i m i n a t e

a c c i d e n t b lackspo t s a n d p r o v i d e

m o r e o v e r t a k i n g lanes.

A r a n g e o f new safety r e g u l a t i o n s

i n c l u d e d c o m p u l s o r y w e a r i n g o f

h e l m e t s by all b i c y c l e r i d e r s a n d a

b l o o d a l c o h o l l imi t o f .02 f o r y o u n g

a n d i n e x p e r i e n c e d d r i v e r s a n d

heavy v e h i c l e d r i v e i s.

W e spent S20.1M on research

a n d d e v e l o p m e n t .

O U R G O A L S F O R 1 9 9 1

W E R E :

E f f i c i e n c y — g i v e i h e p u b l i c be t t e r

va lue for money .

D R I V E S I m p l e m e n t a t i o n — i m p r o v e

c u s t o m e r sei \ ice w i th a new

c o m p u t e r i s e d l i c e n s i n g a n d

r e g i s t r a t i o n system.

H u m a n R e s o u r c e s — d e v e l o p a

m o t i v a t e d w o r k f o r c e o f the r ight

s ize a n d skills.

R o a d Safe ty — c o n t i n u e t o r e d u c e

the p e r s o n a l s u f f e r i n g a n d f i n a n c i a l

costs o f r o a d acc iden t s .

T r a n s p o r t E f f i c i e n c y — play an

c l l e< l i v e r o l e in t he d e v e l o p m e n t o l

an e f f i c i e n t n a t i o n a l t r a n s p o r t sys tem.

N e t w o r k P l a n n i n g — e n s u r e the Sta te

N e t w o r k P l a n is d e v e l o p e d in t he

con tex t o f the total t r a n s p o r t system

and has c o m m u n i t y s u p p o r t .

I n t e g r i t y o f O p e r a t i o n s — e l i m i n a t e ,

as far as p rac t i cab le , c o r r u p t c o n d u c t

in t he R T A .

Roads for the 90's brochures were released during the year, outlining major road developments throughout NSW.

S O U R C E A N D U S E O F F U N D S

in budge t For 1990-91 was

S1.805B. w h i c h was 1 2 % m o r e ,

I in real t e rms , than the p r e v i o u s

year a n d was spent in a c c o r d a n c e

wi th Figure I. De t a i l s o f o u r

C o r p o r a t e F i n a n c e a re d i s c l o s e d

o n p a g e 78.

SOURCE OF FUNDS 1 9 9 0 - 9 1

•Commonwealth Funds Use o( Cash on Hand S535.6M S40.3M

Other S190.2M •

Fuel Levies S433.7M

Consolidated Funds Sale of Properties

• Motor Vehicle Taxes S499.3M

• Development S634.9M

• Other S82.8M

• Local Roads $90.8M

W Maintenance S539.2M

USE OF FUNDS 1990 - 9 1

t Assets S90.8M

1 FIGURE 1

S O U R C E A N D U S E O F F U N D S

3 x 3 F u e l L e v y

I n t r o d u c e d in 1989, t he 3 x 3 F u e l L e v y

ra i ses 3 cen t s p e r l i t r e o f fuel f o r

3 yea rs , e n d i n g in June 1992.

It w i l l a d d s o m e $ 6 0 0 M to r o a d

d e v e l o p m e n t a n d sa fe ty p r o j e c t s ,

b r i n g i n g m a n y p r o j e c t s f o r w a r d

by m o r e than t w o yea r s .

E v a l u a t i o n o f t he p r o g r a m i n d i c a t e s

that it is g e n e r a t i n g b e n e f i t s w o r t h

S1.7B, n e a r l y t h r e e t i m e s i ts cos t .

A su rvey r e v e a l e d s t r o n g c o m m u n i t y

s u p p o r t f o r the p r o g r a m , w i t h 7 2 %

s u p p o r t i n g an e x t e n s i o n o f t he

l e v y b e y o n d 1992. p r o v i d i n g the

m o n e y is s p e n t o n r o a d s . T h e

State G o v e r n m e n t has g u a r a n t e e d

this by l e g i s l a t i o n .

Projects funded in full or part by the

3x3 Fuel Levy are identified throughout

this report.

P r i v a t e F u n d i n g of R o a d s

P r i v a t e s ec to r f u n d i n g of r o a d s is

e n a b l i n g the n e t w o r k t o be d e v e l o p e d

m o t e cpnckly than w o u l d o t h e r w i s e

be poss ib le . A p a r t f r o m the S y d n e y

H a r b o u r Tunnel , t he p r i v a t e s ec to r is

b u i l d i n g sec t ions o f t he F l a n d F5

Freeways in Sydney, w h i c h wi l l be

o p e r a t e d as to l lways b e f o r e r e v e r t i n g

to p u b l i c o w n e t s h i p .

O t h e r s a re p r o p o s e d f o r the Pac i f ic

H i g h w a y o n the N o r t h Coas t ,

i n c l u d i n g a to l lway b e t w e e n

B u l a h d e l a h and C o o l o n g o l o o k ,

100.0 122.0km nor th o f N e w c a s t l e ,

W I I K h wi l l e l i m i n a t e a w i n d i n g , s t e ep

r o u t e w h e r e a c c i d e n t s c u r r e n t l y

o c c u r t w o to th ree t i m e s m o r e o f t e n

than o n adjacent s e c t i o n s o f r o a d .

A g r e e m e n t was l e a c h e d lot a

p r i v a t e l y f u n d e d p e d e s t r i a n b r i d g e ,

wi th c o n t r o l l e d a d v e r t i s i n g r ights ,

o v e r Tapping R o a d . Ryde . F .xpress ions

o f interest w e n i n v i t e d fo r a s i m i l a r

Private funding is providing a 10.0km lolhoad as pari oj Ihe F4 between Mays Hill and Prospect. Sydney.

p r o j e c t o v e r W a r r i n g a h R o a d ,

leu est v i l l e and p lans arc u n d e i way

l o e x t e n d the s( h e m e .

The p r i v a t e s ec to r is a l s o b e c o m i n g

i n v o l v e d in m a n a g i n g a n d

m a i n t a i n i n g the r o a d n e t w o r k ,

w i th a t r ia l s c h e m e u n d e r w a y

in W e s t e r n Sydney .

T H E S T A T E S R O A D S

• h e r e a r e m o r e than 200 ,000km

l < i l | H I I il ii r o a d in N S W .

• • • • I he R I \ is i n v o l v e d in i he

m a i n t e n a n c e a n d r e s t o r a t i o n o f

39 .100km o f these.

P u b l i c r o a d s have b e e n c l a s s i f i ed

a c c o r d i n g to t h e i r f u n c t i o n ( e . g .

State H i g h w a y s , M a i n , Tour i s t ,

Sei o n d a r y a n d L o c a l R o a d s ) but

u p d a t e d c l a s s i f i c a t i on i n t o State,

R e g i o n a l a n d L o c a l R o a d s is b e i n g

n e g o t i a t e d w i th C o u n c i l s ,

I he R I A is d i r ec t l y r e s p o n s i b l e fo i

16,700km o f r o a d s a n d shares

r e s p o n s i b i l i t y fo r a n o t h e r 10,000km

wi th L o c a l G o v e r n m e n t . A n o t h e r

2 .500km o f r o a d s in n o r t h west N S W

are < o n t r o l l e d by the R I A in the

absent e o f L o c a l G o v e i n m e n t . T h e

r e m a i n i n g r o a d s a re L o c a l R o a d s a n d

I he r e s p o n s i b i l i t y o f C o u n c i l s .

R I A r o a d s ca r ry mos t t ravel in N S W ,

an e s t i m a t e d 33,000 m i l l i o n v e h i c l e

kin a veai {Figure 2).

WEL

EGION

T H E S T A T E ' S R O A D S

BRIDGE AGE AND MATERIAL TYPE on RTA Roads and State Works

Age

y less than 30 years more than 70 years

^ 30-70 years y not known

TIMBER STEEL CONCRETE OR MASONRY

BRIDGE MATERIAL

FIGURE 3

R o a d m a i n t c n a n i e is a m a j o r

c o m p o n e n t o f t h e Kl w o r k . It is

necessary to ensu re safety, n a v e l

c o m f o r t a n d mobil i ty , f o r m o t o r i s t s ,

to m i n i m i s e w e a r o n v e h i c l e s a n d

d a m a g e to g o o d s a n d t o m i n i m i s e t he

l o n g - t e r m costs o l p r o v i d i n g roads .

Ar lvaiu ed c o m p u t e r - b a s e d systems

arc b e i n g used and d e v e l o p e d l o

i m p r o v e the p l a n n i n g , s c h e d u l i n g

a n d b u d g e t i n g o l m a i n t e n a n c e w o r k .

Pi ivate industry is i n v o l v e d in bo th

the m a n a g e m e n l a n d o p e r a t i o n o l

m a i n t e n a n c e work in a t r ia l

s< h e m e in S y d n e ) 's west . T h i s

is b e i n g m o n i t o r e d l o c o m p a r e

its ( os t -e f fec t iveness wi th

c o n v e n t i o n a l m e t h o d s ,

T h e a g e d i s t r i b u t i o n o f b r i d g e s

{Figure 3) shows that t h e i r

m a i n t e n a n c e wi l l be a c o n t i n u i n g

c h a l l e n g e . Research i n to l o a d i n g ,

r e h a b i l i t a t i o n and p r e v e n t a t i v e

m a i n t e n a n c e is b e i n g c a r r i e d o u t .

T h e use o f new t e c h n i q u e s in water

p r o o f i n g , structural d e t a i l i n g a n d

s tressed t i m b e r d e c k i n g is i m p r o v i n g

the d u r a b i l i t y ol t i m b e i hi i d g e s a n d

p r o v i d i n g l o n g - t e r m cost savings .

T H E S T A T E O F T H E R O A D S

I h e ' r o u g h n e s s ' o f r o a d s is

I m e a s u r e d to assess t h e i r r i d e

H H i | i i . t l i [ \ a n d i i M i c o m f o r t .

R o a d s a r e a l s o assessed f o r

sur face c r a c k i n g , w h i c h is

i n d i c a t i v e o f fu tu re s t ructural

p r o b l e m s d u r i n g wet wea the r .

Figure 4 shows that r i d e q u a l i t y has

i m p r o v e d o n the P r i n c e s . Pac i f i c a n d

N e w E n g l a n d H i g h w a y s in t he last

year . D e t e r i o r a t i o n o n the N e w e l l

H i g h w a y ref lec ts the l a rge v o l u m e o f

heavy vehic les and the ef fe i ts o l

p r e v i o u s H o o d d a m a g e .

Figure 5 shows that a b o u t ha l f o l R I A

c o n t r o l l e d r o a d s a re ra ted as c r a c k e d .

T h e 3,000km ( 1 9 % ) w i t h s i g n i f i c a n t

c r a c k i n g wi l l r e q u i r e costly r e m e d i a l

a c t i o n t o i m p r o v e t h e i r du rab i l i t y .

I h e r e lias been e x t e n s i v e H o o d i n g in

t he n o r t h a n d west o l N S W s ince the

latest data was c o l l e c t e d a n d , w h i l e

m a j o r d a m a g e has b e e n r e p a i r e d ,

s a tu ra t ion d a m a g e has s h o r t e n e d the

RIDE QUALITY (Roughness)

Princes Highway

Hume Highway

Great Western Highway

y Mitchell Highway

^ New England Highway

^ Pacific Highway

Newell Highway

^ 7 RTA Roads By Travel

l i fe o f m a n y roads. F u r t h e r w o r k wi l l

he r e q u i r e d to dea l w i th this.

T h e r e a r e son i c !•")() t i m b e r b r i d g e s

» o n t r o l l e d by the R I A a n d 22 o f t h e m

are forecas t to tost m o t e t o m a i n t a i n

than r e p l a c e in the l o n g t e r m . Four o f

these a r e p r o g r a m m e d fo r

r e p l a c e m e n t b e f o r e 1995.

A n o t h e r 42 b r i d g e ! have l o a d l imi t s ,

a r e s i d e t r a c k e d o r d e t o u r e d . T h e s e

a re m a i n l y t i m b e r b r i d g e s a n d 17 o f

t h e m are p r o g r a m m e d foi

r e p l a c e m e n t in the next ."> years.

A new bridge and approaches over Ike Genoa River mi ihr \tnnaro llighirn\.

T H E S T A T E O F T H E R O A D S

PAVEMENT CRACKING (on Sealed RTA Roads)

(Length of Road = 15,970km)

UNCRACKED 53% WCSSSM

SIGNIFICANT CRACKS 19%

R O A D S A F E T Y

U (.'.spite the sin ( esses ol the

1980s, r o a d ( l a s h e s r e m a i n the

m a j o r cause o f se r ious a n d fatal

in jury in t he c o m m u n i t \

I'hey accoun t fo r o v e r o n e t h i r d o f

injurs r e l a t ed fa ta l i l i e s and o n e ten th

ol sei ions in jur ies . I h e ) < osi a b o u t

$ 2 B a yea r in N S W .

Public d e m a n d fo r r e d u c i n g the

n u m b e r a n d seve r i ty o l 11 >ad

,u < i den t s ( o n t i n u e s

Sa le tv p r o g r a m s a n d research

lo i I I S o n c o m m u n i t y p a r t i c i p a t i o n ,

t o a d users, veh i c l e s , the toad

e n v i r o n m e n l a n d i n t eg ra t ed

p l a n n i n g . C o - o r d i n a t e d at l i o n

a m o n g p e r t i n e n t a g e n c i e s a n d p u b l i c

in teres t g r o u p s is an essent ia l

c o m p o n e n t o f r o a d sa lc i \ s t ia tegv.

T h e R o a d T o l l

T h e n u m b e r o f d e a t h s fel l 1 7 % f r o m

8 9 8 in 1989-90 t o 747 in 1990-91. T h i s

was the lowest r o a d l o l l s i n c e 1953-54,

w h e n t h e r e was o n e q u a r t e r t he

n u m b e r o f d r i v e r s a n d v e h i c l e s .

S e r i o u s casua l t ies (dea ths a n d

in ju r i e s r e q u i r i n g hosp i t a l

a d m i s s i o n ) fel l 10% f r o m 9,223 in

1989 to 8.343 in 1990.

T h e r e w e r e 59.407 r e c o r d e d a c c i d e n t s

in 1990, 5% less than 1980.

A l c o h o l was a fac to r in 2 5 % o f

fa ta l i t ies ( a n d in m o r e than h a l f the

fa ta l i t ies o n Thursday , F r iday a n d

Sa tu rday n i g h t s ) .

Excess ive s p e e d c o n t r i b u t e d to

3 6 % o f fa ta l i t ies .

H e a v y v e h i c l e s w e r e i n v o l v e d in 387

s e r i o u s casual t ies , 6.3% less than

1989. T h e i r i n v o l v e m e n t in fatal

c rashes has d r o p p e d 3 2 % f r o m

the 1988 p e a k .

R O A D S A F E T Y

C o m m u n i t y P a r t i c i p a t i o n

F.veryone has a stake in r o a d

safety a n d i nc r ea sed c o m m u n i t y

i n v o l v e m e n t is o n e r e a s o n fo r

the d o w n w a r d t r e n d in d e a t h s

a n d acc iden t s .

M o r e a n d m o r e p e o p l e a r e

s u p p o r t i n g in i t i a t i ves such as D r i v e r

R e v i v e r S t o p s (a n e t w o r k o f rest a n d

r e f r e s h m e n t cen t res run by

v o l u n t e e r s fo r m o t o r i s t s d u r i n g peak

t ravel t i m e s ) and the C o m m u n i t y a n d

R o a d E d u c a t i o n S c h e m e at P r o s p e c t .

P r o j e c t s in l l l awar ra a n d B l a c k t o w n ,

based o n the W o r l d H e a l t h

O r g a n i s a t i o n ' s Hea l thy C i t i e s

P r o g r a m , p r o m o t e g r e a t e r

c o m m u n i t y p a r t i c i p a t i o n in injury

p r e v e n t i o n . O t h e r p r o j e c t s a i m e d at

loca l safety issues a r e run o n a

r e g i o n a l basis.

T h e R T A w o r k s cons tan t ly w i th

cd in a t i on a u t h o r i t i e s to i m p r o v e the

r o a d use b e h a v i o u r o f c h i l d r e n a n d

adul ts . R o a d safety e d u c a t i o n

m a t e r i a l s a n d s u p p o r t is p r o v i d e d in

al l p i e - s c h o o l s , p r i m a r y a n d

s e c o n d a r y s c h o o l s .

W e s u p p o r t e d d e v e l o p m e n t o f t he

N S W D r i v e r E d u c a t i o n C e n t r e in

A r m i d a l e , w h i c h was o p e n e d in

M a r c h 1991. T h i s is a c o m m u n i t y -

b a s e d , n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i s a t i o n

d e d i c a t e d to i m p r o v i n g d r i v i n g skills

a n d a t t i tudes . O u r D r i v e r E d u c a t i o n

U n i t a n d R i d i n g I n s t r u c t o r T r a i n i n g

P r o g r a m o p e r a t e f r o m the c e n t r e .

A n e t w o r k o f 83 fitting s ta t ions

t h r o u g h o u t N S W p r o v i d e d 14,000

c u s t o m e r s w i th t e c h n i c a l a d v i c e o n

fitting sea tbe l t s , c h i l d res t ra in ts

a n d baby capsu les .

T h e R T A is cu r ren t ly w o r k i n g wi th

A b o r i g i n a l c o m m u n i t i e s w i t h i n

N.S .W. to assess a n d e v a l u a t e t h e i r

r o a d safety n e e d s .

15

R O A D S A F E T Y

R o a d U s e r s

P u b l i c e d u c a t i o n and a d v e r t i s i n g

c a m p a i g n s f o c u s e d o n s p e e d

r e d u c t i o n , d r i n k - d r i v i n g , d r i v e r

fa t igue , p e d e s t r i a n safely, seal bel l

use and bit vclist safe!v. T h e s e

w e r e c o o r d i n a t e d w i th p o l i c e

e n f o r c e m e n t ac t iv i t i e s .

N o Fu tu re in S p e e d i n g —

c o m p l e m e n t e d i h e i n t r o d u c t i o n o f

s p e e d ( a m c r a s . the ban o n r ada r

d e t e c t o r s a n d a r e v i s i o n o f s p e e d

z o n e s o n .11 le i ial roads .

O n e f o r t he R o a d . N o T h a n k s

— s u p p o r t e d p o l i c e r a n d o m

In c i i h tes t ing .

S top , R e v i v e , S u r v i v e — s u p p o i led

D r i v e r R e v i v e r S t o p s a n d s tressed the

i m p o r t a n c e o f r e g u l a r rest b reaks o n

l o n g j ou rneys , p a r t i c u l a r l y fo i heavy

v e h i c l e d r ive r s .

I f Y o u D o n ' t N e e d a H e a d , Y o u D o n ' t

N e e d a H e l m e t — s u p p o r t e d the

c o m p u l s o r y w e a r i n g o f h e l m e t s fo r al l

Im \i lisis f r o m 1 Ju ly 1991.

I he B l ack F r i d a y P e d e s t r i a n S a f e t y

C a m p a i g n a n d the D r i n k - W a l k e r

C a m p a i g n h i g h l i g h t e d p e d e s t r i a n

safely issues.

Seal bel l use was p r o m o t e d to pa ren t s

o f c h i l d r e n 5 to 13 years o l d a n d to

n o n - E n g l i s h s p e a k i n g c o m m u n i t i e s .

I he first G o l d e n S e a l b e l l A w a r d fo r

the < iiv w i th the h ighes t sea tbel t

w e a r i n g rates went to N e w c a s t l e .

H e a v y V e h i c l e D r i v e r s

F o l l o w i n g a sei ies o l fatal < l a shes

i n v o l v i n g heavy veh i c l e s , a c a m p a i g n

was launi l i ed to i m p r o v e o t h e r

m o t o r i s t s ' u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t he

b r a k i n g d i s t ances a n d r o o m t o

m a n o e u v r e r e q u i r e d by h e a v y

veh ic l e s . A n u m b e r o f o t h e r m e a s u r e s

w e r e a l s o i n t r o d u c e d .

• C o m p u l s o r y s p e e d l i m i t i n g f o r a

r a n g e o f f r e i g h t v e h i c l e s a n d buses

f r o m 1 J anua ry 1991.

• A m a x i m u m 90 km/h f o r h e a v y

v e h i c l e s not s p e e d l i m i t e d .

• A 0.02 b l o o d a l c o h o l l i m i t f o r

p r o f e s s i o n a l d r i v e r s .

• S p e e d m o n i t o r i n g d e v i c e s f o r

s o m e h i g h r isk v e h i c l e s f r o m 1

J anua ry 1991.

• I n c r e a s e d i n s p e c t i o n s o f h e a v y

v e h i c l e s in j o i n t p o l i c e / R T A

e x e r c i s e s .

A l c o h o l a n d D r i v i n g

A t r ia l p r o g r a m wi th the D e p a r t m e n t

o f H e a l t h r e q u i r e s h i g h r a n g e di ink-

d r i v i n g o f f e n d e r s to satisfy m e d i c a l

assessment lo i al< o h o l d e p e n d e n t \

a n d o t h e r a l c o h o l - r e l a t e d p r o b l e m s

b e f o r e b e i n g e l i g i b l e f o r r e - l i cens ing .

D r i v i n g I n s t r u c t o r s

T o g e t h e r w i th t he T r a n s p o r t Indus t ry

T r a i n i n g C o u n c i l a n d the N S W

D r i v i n g S c h o o l s A s s o c i a t i o n , we

d e v e l o p e d a c u r r i c u l u m a n d t e a c h i n g

r e sou rces fo r t he C o m m e r c i a l

D r i v i n g Ins t ruc to rs C o u r s e o f f e r e d

t h r o u g h the N S W T e c h n i c a l a n d

Furl he r E d u c a t i o n C o m m i s s i o n .

A l l d r i v i n g ins t ruc to r s w i l l be

r e q u i t e d to c o m p l e t e the c o u r s e

w i t h i n 3 years o f its i n t r o d u c t i o n a n d

new ins t ruc tors wi l l n e e d to c o m p l e t e

it b e f o r e b e i n g l i c e n s e d .

R O A D S A F E T Y

M o t o r C y c l e R i d e r T r a i n i n g a n d T e s t i n g

T h e c o m p u l s o r y t r a i n i n g p r o g j am I ' »l

l e a r n e r a n d p r o v i s i o n a l m o t o r cyc le

r i d e r app l i can t s was i n t r o d u c e d in

N e w c a s t l e . C o s l o r d , P e n r i t h , S e v e

H i l l s a n d A r m i d a l e . ^ 1

I m p r o v e d r i d e r t e s t ing p r o c e d u r e s

w e r e i n t r o d u c e d i n t h e s e a reas at the

s a m e t i m e a n d the k e r b s i d e test ' is

b e i n g p r o g r e s s i v e l y r e p l a c e d .

T h e s c h e m e n o w c o v e r s 2 0 % o f

the State's p o p u l a t i o n .

S a f e D r i v i n g P o l i c y

A p r o g r a m was b e g u n to i m p r o v e

r o a d safely a m o n g R T A staff, in l i n e

w i th o u r r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s f o r

o c c u p a t i o n a l hea l th a n d safety

a n d o u r r o a d safety o b j e c t i v e s .

\

V e h i c l e S a f e t y

A n e w crash b a r r i e r faci l i ty is b e i n g

built at t he R T A C r a s h l a b to test safety

fea tu res in v e h i c l e s , r o a d s i d e po l e s ,

b a n H I S a n d g u a r d r a i l s . It w i l l be

used by the A u s t r a l i a n c a r i n d u s t r y

a n d bv sou th east A s i a n c o u n t r i e s .

T h e C r a s h l a b e v a l u a t e d n e w o c c u p a n t

protet l i o n t e c h n o l o g y w h i c h is not

yet g e n e r a l l y used i n Aus t r a l i a ,

i n c l u d i n g ai l bags, sea tbe l t p re -

t e n s i o n e r s . w e b b i n g c l a m p s au<

i m p r o v e d seatbel t g e o m e t r y .

A s tudy o f bus crashes l e d t o the

d e v e l o p m e n t o f a sa fe ly p a c k a g e ,

i n c l u d i n g lap/sash sea tbe l t s in all new

c o a c h seats. T h i s is d u e f o r

i m p l e m e n t a t i o n in 1993.

I ^ ^ ^ ^ R 0 A D S A F E T Y

T h e R o a d E n v i r o n m e n t

R o a d d e s i g n a n d c o n s t r u c t i o n is

f u n d a m e n t a l to r o a d user safety.

A new S a f e t y A u d i t P rocess

assesses the safcts o l l o a d . \oi ks

f r o m d e s i g n to o p e r a t i o n . N e w

Road Safety Environment Guidelines w e r e inl n i d u c e d .

I l i g l i a c c i d e n t sites r e i ' e i v e v a r i o u s

spec i a l t r e a t m e n t s , i n c l u d i n g t ra f f ic

s ignals , r o u n d a b o u t s , skid resistant

sur faces a n d r e d l igh t cameras .

A r e v i e w o f s p e e d z o n e s across N S W

l e d to s o m e m o r e a p p r o p r i a t e s p e e d

l imi t s b e i n g set, i n c l u d i n g r a i s ing the

l imi t l o 1 lOkm/h o n s ec t i ons o f t he

N e w e l l H i g h w a y .

P r o b l e m s f a c e d by s c h o o l s on busy

r o a d s such as t he P a c i f i c H i g h w a y

w e r e a d d r e s s e d o n the N o r t h C o a s t

by t r i a l l i n g spec i a l s p e e d l imi t s

d u r i n g the h o u r s c h i l d r e n a r r i v e

at a n d l eave s c h o o l .

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R o a d S a f e t y 2 0 0 0

R o a d safe ty p l a n n i n g i n v o l v e s t he

w h o l e communi ty ' , no t just

G o v e r n m e n t a g e n c i e s . In d e v e l o p i n g

R o a d Safety 2000. a d o c u m e n t d i a l l e d

by G o v e r n m e n t a n d c o m m u n i t y

r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s was put t o t he test o f

p u b l i c scru t iny at m e e t i n g s

t h r o u g h o u t N S W . M o r e than 500

w r i t t e n s u b m i s s i o n s w e r e r e c e i v e d ,

h i g h l i g h t i n g c o m m u n i t y c o n c e r n for:

• D r i v e r e d u c a t i o n , t e s t i n g a n d

l i c e n s i n g .

• C o n t i n u e d f l o w o f r o a d s a f e t y

i n f o r m a t i o n .

• A w i d e r v i e w o f t r a n s p o r t i n

s o l v i n g r o a d s a f e t y p r o b l e m s

t h a t t a k e s i n t o a c c o u n t p u b l i c

t r a n s p o r t a n d v u l n e r a b l e r o a d

u s e r s s u c h a s t h e e l d e r l y ,

c y c l i s t s a n d p e d e s t r i a n s .

• C o n t i n u e d r o a d s a f e t y e d u c a t i o n

i n s c h o o l s .

R o a d Sa fe ly 2000 is b e i n g a m e n d e d

to c o v e r the issues a n d c o m m e n t s

re< c i ved d m in;.; i h e e x t e n s i v e

public c o n s u l t a t i o n .

E N V I R O N M E N T

I In R T A shares c o m m u n i t y

1 1 1 ii K ei ns 111.11 i he r o a d s a n d

H H 1 1 ,i 11 ii svstcni is d f \ «• 1111 i f (I ,ui(l

m a n a g e d in h a r m o n y wi th t he

na tura l a n d soc ia l e n v i r o n m e n t ,

w h i l e still m e e t i n g c o m m u n i t y

t r anspor t needs .

M o t o r v e h i c l e s p r o v i d e m a n y b e n e f i t s

to the ( ( i m m u n i t y and m i l l h

e n j o y m e n t t o i n d i v i d u a l s , but t h e i r

e n v i r o n m e n t a l costs can b e far

r e a c h i n g . T h e s e can i n c l u d e a i r

p o l l u t i o n and hea l th p r o b l e m s

c a u s e d by m o t o r v e h i c l e s a n d the

u n d e s i r a b l e e f fec t s o f r o a d

d e v e l o p m e n t o n the u rban a n d

rural soc ia l fabr ic , w i l d l i f e

a n d v e g e t a t i o n , so i l e r o s i o n

a n d t i v e r system d i s t u r b a n c e .

T h e s e issues must be a d d r e s s e d

t h r o u g h a r a n g e o f s t r a t eg ies a n d

the i n v o l v e m e n t o f many G o v e r n m e n t

a g e n c i e s a n d p u b l i c in teres t g r o u p s

in d e c i s i o n m a k i n g .

'We all want to go back to Nature, as the saying goes, but we want to go back in a car' (The Green Consumer Guide. 1 9 8 9 . p 2 4 2 ) .

Koimillr Hrnlgr. Syilnry.

T h e RTA's Road Transport—Future

Directions s tudy l o o k e d at

e n v i r o n m e n t a l issues such as

p o p u l a t i o n g r o w t h a n d dis t i i b u l i o n .

t he g r e e n h o u s e e f f ec t , a i r qua l i ty ,

fuel use, r o a d safety a n d t ra f f ic

o n l oca l roads .

C o m m u n i t y P a r t i c i p a t i o n

A c o n f e r e n c e was h e l d f o r

e n v i r o n m e n t a l g r o u p s , a c a d e m i c s

a n d o t h e r a g e n c i e s t o h e l p us

d e v e l o p be t t e r e n v i r o n m e n t a l

p o l i c i e s a n d s t r a teg ies .

M a n y g r o u p s w e r e i n v o l v e d in

d e v e l o p i n g the RTA Environmental

Strategy. W e s u r v e y e d p e o p l e l o see

wha t they t h o u g h t o f it, i n c o r p o r a t i n g

many s u g g e s t i o n s in the p roces s .

C o m m u n i t y a d v i s o r y g r o u p s

w o r k w i th us t o i m p r o v e loca l

t ra f f ic c o n d i t i o n s .

T o i n c r e a s e t h e e n v i r o n m e n t a l

awarenes s o f s taff a n d c o n t r a c t o r s w e

have p r o d u c e d , o r a r e d e v e l o p i n g .

Environmental Impact Assessment

Guidelines, Traffic Noise Guidelines,

Roadsrape Guidelines a n d a Road

Reserve Strategy. T h e s e wi l l a l s o

i m p r o v e c o m m u n i t y u n d e r s t a n d i n g

o f o u r e n v i r o n m e n t a l

r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s , r o l e a n d ac t i v i t i e s .

E N V I R O N M E N T

N o i s e a n d A i r P o l l u t i o n

N o i s e ba r r i e r s w e r e c o n s t r u c t e d at

• lit- j u n c t i o n <>f C o n c o r d R o a d and

l l o m e b u s h Bay D r i v e in Sydney a n d

a l o n g the N e w c a s t l e I n n e r City

B ) pass.

A s p h a l t was la id o v e r c o n c r e t e o n the

I I at Mavs I Id l and ( niii o r d a n d on

the F3 at H o r n s b y to p r o d u c e q u i e t e r

l o a d surfaces. Resea rch was

c o n d u c t e d to eva lua te o t h e r q u i e t

sut l aces a n d n o i s e ba r r i e r s .

N e g o t i a t i o n s c o m m e n c e d wi th t he

Sta te P o l l u t i o n ( l o n t r o l C o m m i s s i o n

to t r ans fe r r e s p o n s i b i l i t y fo r s o m e

v e h i c l e t e s t ing t o t he RTA's roadside-

t e s t ing o p e r a t i o n s .

A i r qua l i ty was m o n i t o r e d d u r i n g

i onsl m i i i on o f i he N e w c a s t l e I n n e r

( a t v Bvp.iss to ensu re t h e r e w e r e n o

a d v e r s e e f f ec t s o n n e i g h b o u r i n g a reas

a n d a i r p o l l u t i o n was m e a s u r e d

o n a n u m b e r o f a r t e r i a l roads to

d e v e l o p be t t e r c o m p u t e r m o d e l s

lo i assessing the cn \ ii o n m e n t a l

e f f ec t s o f r o a d t r a n s p o r t .

Noise barrier on Ihe FJ al Hornsby.

A r c h e o l o g i c a l a n d H e r i t a g e S i t e s

T h e d e s i g n o l K a r i o n g H i l l D e v i a t i o n ,

o n the Pacif ic H i g h w a y , was ad jus ted

af te r A b o r i g i n a l r o c k c a r v i n g s w e r e

f o u n d nea r t he r o u t e . A b o r i g i n a l

ar tefacts w e r e c a r e f u l l y r e m o v e d

d u r i n g c o n s t r u c t i o n o f t he A r m i d a l e

T r a f f i c R e l i e f Rou te .

H e r i t a g e s tudies w e r e c a r r i e d out o n

L e n n o x B r i d g e , Pa r r ama t t a a n d

V i c t o r i a Pass. M o u n t V i c t o r i a .

L a n d s c a p e D e s i g n

M a j o r l a n d s c a p i n g d e s i g n was c a r r i e d

out in Sydney o n the H o m e b u s h Bay-

D r i v e (30,000 t rees a n d sh rubs wi l l be

p l a n t e d ) . City West L i n k R o a d ( p u b l i c

c o m m e n t to be i n v i t e d ) , G o r e 11 ill

F reeway ( w h e r e n o i s e r e d u c t i o n

m e a s u r e s may e n c o m p a s s

a rch i t ec tu ra l / s cu lp tu ra l f o r m s ) . G l e b e

I s l and B r i d g e a n d a p p r o a c h e s , a n d

V i c t o r i a R o a d / D e v l i n S t r ee t

I n t e r c h a n g e , T o p R y d e .

L a n d s c a p e d e s i g n was a l s o c o m p l e t e d

E N V I R O N M E N T

o n i l i e 11uiII<- H i g h w a y lot 11 it-

C o u l b u r n Bypass (33.000 t r e e s ) .

( u l l a r in R a n g e D e v i a t i o n

(fiO.OOO t r e e s ) a n d Yass Bypass

(S tage 1 19.000 t r e e s ) .

R e v e g e t a t i o n a n d P r o t e c t i o n o f

R a r e P l a n t s

Nat i ve seeds a r e co l l e t l e d

pi ioi to r o a d c o n s t r u c t i o n fo r

subsequen t d i r ec t s e e d i n g o r

mi l sei v p r o p a g a t i o n .

Stal l at t he B e l l a m b i n i i r s e r ) have

p r o p a g a t e d an e n d a n g e r e d spec i e s .

the bush ( h e n \ t ree , w h i l e spe i i.il

i a re was taken d u r i n g r e c o n s t r u c t i o n

o f M o n a V a l e R o a d , r e r r e ) H i l l s

to p ro l e t I a rare na t ive p l a in .

GreviUea Caleyi. N a t i v e plant r e v e g e t a t i o n t e c h n i q u e s

a n I i c ing cv a lua ted l< i es tabl ish

bush c o r r i d o r s a l o n g w e e d in fes ted

in ban m a d s . T h i s w i l l not o n l y

i m p r o v e u rban e n v i r o n m e n t s , bin

m i n i m i s e m a i n l e n a m c.

I.anihi aping expert. Mnnrten I)e l.igt. with \eedlings propagated /rum seed of the endangered bush cherry tree.

T r e e P l a n t i n g

Kach year we plant at least twit <• as

m a n y t rees as w e r e m o v e f o r

r o a d w o r k s . I his year 00.000 t rees and

n u m e r o u s native- shl ulis w e r e p l a n t e d

to i m p r o v e a n d pi otcc I r oads ide s .

W e h e l p e d si h o o l s a n d c o m m u n i t y

g r o u p s p lan t t rees in A r m i d a l e , Bega ,

St C l a i r in Sydney , a l o n g the H u m e

H i g h w a y a n d a l o n g the N e w e l l

H i g h w a y ai Parkcs.

R e c y c l i n g

W h e n we fell t rees Ioi r o a d w o i ks ihev

a r e used to b u i l d b r i dges , as

guide-posts , o r c h i p p e d for

re-vegetal i on a n d l a n d s c a p i n g .

W e recycle- indus t r i a l b y p r o d u c t s ,

such as blast lui nai c slag,

as a s t a b i l i s i n g agen t in

r o a d c o n s i i m l i o n , o r as

f o u n d a t i o n ma te i ial .

Aspha l t is r e c y c l e d and we are

c o n t i n u a l l y i c s c a i t l i i ng new m e t h o d s

a n d m a t e r i a l s t o c o n s e r v e resoui ces.

E N V I R O N M E N T

A G e r m a n r o a d s u r f a c i n g m a c h i n e

was i c s i cd whii Ii hea ls d a m a g e d road

p a v e m e n t s , d i g s up the o l d asphalt

a n d m i x e s it w i th e n o u g h new

m a t e r i a l to resin l.n e the l o a d . Ii saves

( o n s i d e r a b l e a m o u n t s o f b i t u m e n

a n d the a m o u n t o f ma te r i a l s that base

to be t r anspo i l e d l o a n d f rom the site,

M o s i R T A o f f i c e s base p a p e r r e c y c l i n g

s( h e m e s and p o l i i ies l o m i n i m i s e the

use o l paper .

E n v i r o n m e n t a l S t u d i e s

A l l n ew r o a d p r o j e c t s a r e assessed fot

t h e i r impac t o n the e n v i r o n m e n t . A

R e v i e w o f K n v i r o n m e n t a l Factors is

pa I I o f t h e p l a n n i n g p r o c e s s a n d . if

this i n d i c a t e s an\ s ign i f i can t i m p a c t ,

an E n v i r o n m e n t a l I m p a c t S t a t emen t

( E I S ) is p r e p a r e d . T h e E I S is

d i s p l a y e d a n d p u b l i c c o m m e n t

sough t , a f te r wh ich an Assessment

R e p o r t is p r e p a r e d .

A s s e s s m e n t R e p o r t s C o m p l e t e d

Freeway — Moorrbank Avenue, Mumebauk

to King Georges Road, Reverly Hills.

Proposed Rridge over the Hacking River at

McKcll Avenue, Water/all.

Princes Highway — Tomemng Bypass.

Pacific Highway — Bulahdelah-Coolongolook

Dei'latum.

Pacifii Highway — Taree Traffic Relief Route.

Harlan Highway — Connection In

Hume Highway Bypass of Yass.

West Charlestown Bypass.

Reconstruction of the Great Western Highway

at Woodford Bends.

E n v i r o n m e n t a l I m p a c t S t a t e m e n t s C o m p l e t e d

New Bridges and Approaches lo the

Woroniira River, Woronora.

Pacific Highway — Bulahdelah-Coolongolook

Deviation.

Pacific Highway — Taree Traffic

Relief Route.

Pacific Highway — Chinderah Bypass (part).

Burton Highway — Connection to

11 n in i' Highway Bypass of Yass.

Environmental Impact Statements

in Preparation

Pacific Highway — Chinderah Bypass

(remainder of proposal).

Pacific Highway — Raleigh Bridge

and Approaches.

Pacific Highway — Raymond Terrace Bypass.

Sydney Harbour Bridge Maintenance Gantry.

Boundary Street. Raseville — Traffic

Improvements.

Proposed Quarry at Bredbo.

E F F I C I E N C Y

I l i lJ ' s t r ive to b e e f f i c i e n t in t he use

I ' l ' f l o f a l l o f i h e r e sou rces a v a i l a b l e

• • H l n us. so that se rv ices , p r o g r a m s

a n d p ro j ec t s a re d e l i v e r e d o n l i m e , o n

budge t a n d to t he q u a l i t y r e q u i r e d .

T o d o ib is , we n e e d a w o r k f o r c e o f t he

t igh t n u m b e r a n d skills, w o r k i n g in a

safe, heal thy, n o n - d i s c r i m i n a t o r y

e n v i r o n m e n t ,

R T A P l a n n i n g S y s t e m s

W e u n d e r t a k e an a n n u a l cyc le o f

business p l a n n i n g , p r o g r a m

b u d g e t i n g , p e r f o r m a n c e r e v i e w

a n d e v a l u a t i o n .

I hese p rocesses p r o v i d e

c l e a r c o r p o r a t e d i r e c t i o n ,

a strategic f r a m e w o r k for e f f e c t i v e

r e s o i i r c e a l l o c a t i o n a n d g r e a t e r

ac c o u n t a b i l i t y to t he G o v e r n m e n l

a n d I he c o m m u n i t y .

A C a p i t a l E x p e n d i t u r e S t ra teg i i

P lan was i n t r o d u c e d , d e t a i l i n g a

5 yeai p r o g r a m a n d a b r o a d

strategy o v e r 10 years.

M a n a g e m e n t I m p r o v e m e n t P l a n s

Five L o g i s t i c S e r v i c e s S e c t i o n s have

been i d e n t i f i e d .is p o t e n t i a l

A u t h o r i t y Business Un i t s . B e t w e e n

t h e m , they p r o v i d e a r a n g e o l s u p p o r t

sci v ices i n c l u d i n g d e s i g n ,

p r o c u r e m e n t , repair , p r o d u c t

d e v e l o p m e n t and m a n u f a c t u r e ,

and Heel se rv ices .

T h e m a j o r object ive- is to e n c o u r a g e

the p r o v i s i o n o f in -honsc s e rv i ce s

o n l y w h e r e e c o n o m i c alls w a r r a n t e d

a n d to fac i l i t a te c o m p a r i s o n wi th t he

cost o f s i m i l a r se rv ices f r o m i h e

p r i v a t e sector . T h e s e o b j e c t i v e s arc-

b e i n g a c h i e v e d and a si l o n g cost a n d

• u s t o m e r focus is e v i d e n t .

E x e c u t i v e S u p p o r t S y s t e m

T h e first s tage o f an E x e c u t i v e

S u p p o r t Sys tem was i n t r o d u c e d to

p r o v i d e m a n a g e r s w i th instant access

in i l ie latest i n f o r m a l i on o n f u n d i n g

a l l o c a t i o n a n d e x p e n d i t u r e , staff

n u m b e r s and road safe!v.

A d m i n i s t r a t i o n o f C o u n c i l G r a n t s

A b o u t 9 0 % o f C o u n c i l s p a r t i c i p a t e d

in a t r ia l o l s t r e a m l i n e d

a d m i n i s t r a t i o n o f g ran t s , in w h i c h

they a g r e e to m a n a g e a s p e c i f i e d

p o r t i o n o f t he r o a d n e t w o r k wi th a

b l o c k gran t f r o m the R T A .

V l in in i s t rat i on o f F e d e r a l L o c a l R o a d

funds t o C o u n c i l s was taken o v e r by

i h e S la te G r a n t s ( l o m m i s s i o n ,

f o l l o w i n g a d e c i s i o n at t he

S p e c i a l P r e m i e r s C o n f e r e n c e

in O c t o b e r 1990.

Lending Hand. Mirk Kamarakis. from Ijine Cove Works Office, Sydney.

E F F I C I E N C Y

Q u a l i t y M a n a g e m e n t

M a n a g i n g the q u a l i t y o f g o o d s a n d

s e rv i ce s p r o d u c e d is essent ia l to

e n s u r e v a l u e f o r m o n e y .

Q u a l i t y systems a r e b e i n g d e v e l o p e d

a n d i m p l e m e n t e d t h r o u g h o u t t he

R T A to c o m p l y wi th Aus t r a l i an

S t anda rds . Federa l ly f u n d e d

c o n s t r u c t i o n c o n t r a c t s a n d State

f u n d e d con t r ac t s ove r SI M are q u a l i t y

a s su rance based .

Contract Quality Assurance —

A Guide to Contractors

was r e v i s e d a n d is used f o r

i n t e r n a l a n d i n d u s t r y t r a in ing .

Q u a l i t y i m p r o v e m e n t is p r o m o t e d

t h r o u g h a Qua l i t y C i r c l e s P r o g r a m , in

w h i c h s taff a re e n c o u r a g e d to iden t i fy

a reas fo r i m p r o v e m e n t a n d d e v e l o p

p r o p o s a l s f o r be t t e r w o r k prac t i ces .

P r o g r a m E v a l u a t i o n s

E v a l u a t i o n s a re c a r r i e d out to

d e t e r m i n e w h e t h e r p r o g r a m

o b j e c t i v e s a r e cons i s ten t wi th

G o v e r n m e n t a n d R T A o b j e c t i v e s a n d

p r i o r i t i e s a n d w h e t h e r p r o g r a m s a r e

a c h i e v i n g the d e s i r e d resul ts . T h e y

e x a m i n e w h e t h e r a p p r o p r i a t e

a l t e r n a t i v e s have b e e n c o n s i d e r e d

a n d w h e t h e r the o r g a n i s a t i o n is us ing

its r e s o u r c e s e c o n o m i c a l l y a n d

e f f i c i e n t l y .

P r o g r a m e v a l u a t i o n s w e r e c a r r i e d out

o n t he m a i n t e n a n c e o f the N e w

Fa ig l and H i g h w a y ( p a g e 5 8 ) , cost

r e c o v e r y ( p a g e 2 8 ) , C e n t r a l R e g i o n ' s

Safety a n d Tra f f i c M a n a g e m e n t ( p a g e

3 8 ) , H u m a n R e s o u r c e s P o l i c i e s a n d

the 3 x 3 F u e l L e v y ( p a g e 9 ) .

M a j o r P r o j e c t P e r f o r m a n c e

T h i s yea r w e c o m p l e t e d 126 m a j o r

d e v e l o p m e n t a n d r e s t o r a t i o n w o r k s

w i th a to ta l va lue o f S 2 2 7 M .

S i x t y - n i n e w o r k s w e r e c o m p l e t e d

u n d e r b u d g e t e d cost at a s a v i n g o f

$11.6M a n d 57 w e r e c o m p l e t e d o v e r

b u d g e t e d cost by $8 . ( iM, r e s u l t i n g in a

net s a v i n g o f $3.VI.

I he re a r e 3.6 m i l l i o n l i c e n c e

I h o l d e r s a n d 3.2 m i l l i o n

• M r eg i s t e r ed v e h i c l e s in \ s \ \

B e t w e e n t h e m they g e n e r a t e

10 m i l l i o n t r a n s a c t i o n s a n d

18 m i l l i o n e n q u i r i e s a yea r in

139 m o t o r r eg i s t r i e s .

D R I V E S

A S35V1 p ro jec t t o c o m p u t e r i s e t he

r e g i s t r a t i o n a n d l i c e n s i n g system —

D R I V E S — is H e a r i n g c o m p l e t i o n .

D i f f i c u l t i e s in c o n v e r t i n g the o l d data

to t he new system have d e l a y e d

i m p l e m e n t a t i o n , but D R I V E S wi l l

i nc rease staff p r o d u c t i v i t y a n d r e d u c e

the a m o u n t o f t i m e c u s t o m e r s n e e d

to s p e n d in a reg is t ry , b e c a u s e mos t

t r ansac t ions w i l l be p r o c e s s e d

on- the-spot .

M u c h p a p e r w o r k wi l l be e l i m i n a t e d

a n d the r e m a i n i n g f o r m s ( less than

100 o f the e x i s t i n g 5 0 0 ) have b e e n

s i m p l i f i e d .

S t a f f h a v e b e e n t r a i n e d in t h e n e w

C U S T O M E R S E R V I C E

system, w hieTi i n c l u d e s s t r ingen t

see in it\ m e a s u r e s that l imi t ae i ess l o

pan i c u l . I I m i n i m a t i o n a n d wi l l

grea t ly r e d u c e p o s s i b i l i t i e s lo r

f raud a n d c o r r u p t i o n .

M o t o i regis t i ics t h r o u g h o u t N S W

have- b e e n m o d i f i e d to a c c o m m o d a t e

D R I N K S . I he cost o l d e v e l o p i n g a n d

i i n p i c n i c n t i n g the system wi l l be

r e c o u p e d in 3 vears. t h r o u g h

i n c r e a s e d e f f i c i ency .

C u s t o m e r S u r v e y

In M a ) 1991, we surveyed 66 m o t o i

r eg i s t r i e s , r e c o r d i n g the t i m e a

s a m p l e o f 31.00(1 c u s t o m e r s spent in a

registry and i n t e r v i e w i n g m o r e than

1,500 of I h e m in d e p t h .

T h e a v e i a g e time' spent in

a registry was j u s ) o v e r I I minu tes ,

a l t h o u g h 10',' of c u s t o m e r s s p e n l

5 m i n u t e s oi less.

W h i l e o u ' , of c u s t o m e r s w e n - happy,

wi th the s p e e d of s e rv i ce , y o u n g

p e o p l e w e r e m o r e c r i t i c a l . T h i s c o u l d

b e because they are m o i e l i k e l ) to

u n d e r t a k e the timc-e o n s i i m i n g

l e a r n e r know l e d g e o i dt i\ i n g tests.

C u s t o m e r S e r v i c e

T h e C u s t o m e r S e r v i c e C e n t r e at

R o s e b e r y r e c e i v e d s o m e (i 10.000

t e l e p h o n e e n q u i r i e s o n r e g i s t r a t i o n

a n d l i c e n s i n g mat te r s in the year.

W h i l e many c alls w e r e a n s w e r e d

i m m e d i a t e l y , t h e r e w e r e l i m e s w h e n a

c a l l e r w a i t e d up to I I minu tes . (Wallers

o n h o l d beat r e c o r d e d messages o n

the most c o m m o n q u e r i e s ,

c o m p u l s o r y t h i rd party insu rance ,

1 1 ansfer of v e h i c l e ow net sh ip a n d

f i n e defaul t s .

Many ca l le rs may l i n d ib i s answers

t h e i r q u e r i e s , whic h c o u l d a c c o u n t

for t he 125.588 a b a n d o n e d cal ls .

H o w e v e r , s teps a r e b e i n g taken to

r e d u c e the unac e c p i a b l v h i g h

p e r c e n t a g e o f a b a n d o n e d ca l l s a n d in

the last f ou r m o n t h s of the r e p o r t i n g

year they w e r e r e d u c e d to b e t w e e n

2% a n d 5 % .

1.821 (0 .3% ) ca l l s w e r e c o m p l a i n t s ,

most ly in r e l a t i o n to f ine de fau l t s

o i d e m e r i t po in t s .

In the c o i n i n g year, t he C u s t o m e r

Sei \ u c C e n t r e wi l l be- dec e n t r a l i s e d .

A l l cent res w i l l have a c o m m o n

t e l e p h o n e n u m b e r , 13 2213. w h i c h

can be c a l l e d f r o m a n v w h e r c in N S W .

T e c h n i c a l E n q u i r i e s

T e c h n i c a l a d v i c e o n v e h i c l e

c o n s t r u c t i o n a n d m o d i f i c a t i o n s

was p r o v i d e d t o 55,000 c a l l c i s

o n ( 0 2 ) 6 6 2 5400.

P r e m i u m P l a t e s

A n e w s ty l e P r e m i u m P la t e w a s

l a u n c h e d in M a r c h 1991. T h e s e

a l u m i n i u m p la t e s a r e d e s i g n e d

f o r the latest m o d e l v e h i c l e s

and cost $45.

E C O N O M I C D E V E L O P M E N T

H <>.ul t r anspor t is vi tal to i h e

State a n d n a t i o n a l e c o n o m y and

the r o a d n e t w o r k must b e

p l a n n e d to i n t e g r a t e t r anspor t , l a n d

use a n d d e v e l o p m e n t .

P r o g r a m s f o r n e t w o r k d e v e l o p m e n t

n e e d l o be ( o inpa i ib le wi th State a n d

loca l r e s i d e n t i a l l and re leases a n d

wi th c h a n g i n g lifcsts les in u rban a n d

( o n n t ry areas .

T<» e n s u r e that r o a d n e t w o r k p lans arc

( ons is tent w i th G o v e i n m e n t

r e s i d e n t i a l , c o m m e r c i a l a n d

indus t r i a l d e v e l o p m e n t p r o g r a m s , an

a d v i s o r y g r o u p has b e e n f o r m e d wi th

t h e d e p a r t m e n t s o f T r a n s p o r t a n d

P l a n n i n g . S ta te Ra i l , S ta le Transi t a n d

the P r e m i e r ' s D e p a r t m e n t to g u i d e

the e s t ab l i shmen t o l f o r m a l inter­

d e p a r t m e n t a l c o n s u l t a t i o n a n d to

assist in t he d e v e l o p m e n t o l .1

S t a t e w i d e R o a d N e t w o r k P l an .

A Transpor t Studs G r o u p has b e e n

e s t ab l i shed to c o l l e c t a n d m a n a g e a

c o m p r e h e n s i v e set o f t r a n s p o r t a n d

d e m o g r a p h i c data w h i c h wi l l assist

w i th fu tu re l and use a n d t ranspor t

p l a n n i n g in N S W .

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A m a j o r d i s cus s ion p a p e r was

c o m p l e t e d i n t o r o a d t r anspor t ' s ro le

in the future o i N S W .

Stage I of Herons Creek Deviation on Ihe Pacific Highway, near Purl Marquarie, was opened in December 1991).

Road Transport — Future Directions

l o o k e d at cu r ren t a n d p o t e n t i a l l and

use o p t i o n s , p o s s i b l e fu tu re changes

in sot ie t j a n d t e c h n o l o g y a n d the i r

ef fec t o n r o a d t r a n s p o r t .

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t r anspor t d e v e l o p m e n t c o n t i n u e ,

N S W wi l l have m o r e traffic-

c o n g e s t i o n a n d m o r e p o l l u t i o n .

Future Directions p r o v i d e s a n u m b e r o f

s t ra teg ies fo r se t t ing new d i r e c t i o n s .

F o l l o w i n g d i scuss ions w i t h

o t h e r G o v e r n m e n t a g e n c i e s ,

e x t e n s i v e ( 01111111111 i l \ c o n s u l t a t i o n

wi l l take p l a c e to d e t e r m i n e

future r o a d d e v e l o p m e n t a n d

m a n a g e m e n t s t ra teg ies .

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T h e N o r t h Coas t o f N S W is o n e

o f t he fastest g r o w i n g a reas in t he

State. 'This l a rge , e n v i r o n m e n t a l l y

sens i t ive area is s e r v i c e d by the

Pacific H i g h w a y I ro in H e x h a m l o

the Q u e e n s l a n d b o r d e r .

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i m p o r t a n c e o f t r anspor t in the r e g i o n

a n d the d e v e l o p m e n t o f s t r a t eg ies to

i n t e g r a t e r o a d , rail a n d o t h e r lot ins

o f t r anspor t lot e f f i c i e n t

d e v e l o p m e n t o f t he a rea is underway

in c o n j u n c t i o n wi th o t h e r State

G o v e r n m e n t a g e n c i e s . L o c a l

G o v e r n m e n t a n d communi ty , g r o u p s .

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t h r o u g h r o u t e b e t w e e n S y d n e y a n d

Br i sbane , but t he s e r v i c e c o r r i d o r f o r

an e c o n o m i c r e g i o n s o m e 7011km

l o n g a n d up l o lOOkin ysidc. I he area

has s ign i f i can t p r o b l e m s wi th h i g h

t i n e m p l o y m i n i , lac k of \ i ab l e p u b l i c

t r anspor t , a f r a g m e n t e d e c o n o m y a n d

c o m p e t i n g land uses.

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the e n v i r o n m e n t a l l y sens i t ive

na ture o f the N o r t h Coas t and its

we t l ands , makes p l a n n i n g fo r

g r o w t h a n d a s u p p o r t i v e r o a d

a n d rail n e t w o r k \ ital.

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H i g h w a y to dual ca r r i ageway s t anda rd

a n d the pi ivatc set tor has been

i n v i t e d to submit d e v e l o p m e n t

p r o p o s a l s as part o f this p r o g r a m .

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o f p r o v i d i n g . ) highway (hat

m a x i m i s e s the- e c o n o m i c p o t e n t i a l

o l the r e g i o n , wi th m i n i m u m

e n v i r o n m e n t a l ( l is turbane c.

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T R A N S P O R T E F F I C I E N C Y

H o a d use c o u l d i n c r e a s e by 5 0 %

in i h e nex t d e c a d e a n d g r o w t h

wi l l b e largest in the

c o m m e r c i a l t r anspor t sector .

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r o a d use has b e e n met m a i n l y by

i n c r e a s i n g r o a d supply . T h e costs " I

p r o v i d i n g roads , f i n a n c i a l ,

e n v i r o n m e n t a l a n d soc ia l , have,

however , m a d e the s u p p l y - o n l y

s t ra tegy unsus ta inab le .

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m e c h a n i s m s w h i c h are in l i ne w i th

the G o v e r n m e n t ' s e f f i c i e n c y a n d

e q u i t y p r i n c i p l e s , a r e n e e d e d fo r

c o n t r o l l i n g d e m a n d for r o a d use.

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e x i s t i n g r o a d in f ras t ruc tu re

a l s o n e e d s i m p r o v e m e n t .

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I m p r o v e m e n t s i n r o a d p r i c i n g c o u l d

l e a d t o a n n u a l e f f i c i e n c y g a i n s o f

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a n I n d u s t r y C o m m i s s i o n s t u d y .

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r e c o v e r y ( w h i c h r e l a t e s t o m i c r o -

e c o n o m i c r e f o r m i n r o a d t r a n s p o r t ,

p r o v i d i n g e c o n o m i c e f f i c i e n c y w i t h

s o c i a l e q u i t y ) i n c l u d e d a s u r v e y o f

c o m m u n i t y a n d i n d u s t r i a l g r o u p s

i n t e r e s t e d i n r o a d s a f e t y . T h e

s u r v e y r e v e a l e d b r o a d s u p p o r t

f o r a user pays a p p r o a c h t h a t

e l i m i n a t e s h i d d e n s u b s i d i e s .

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w i l l i m p r o v e t h e a l l o c a t i o n o f

r e s o u r c e s i n t h e c o m m u n i t y , b y

p r o v i d i n g a m o r e a c c u r a t e i n d i c a t i o n

o f t h e d e m a n d f o r r o a d s e r v i c e s .

T h e R T A is p l a y i n g a m a j o r r o l e in

d e v e l o p i n g a n a t i o n a l l y cons i s t en t

a p p r o a c h to h e a v y v e h i c l e cha rges .

a l t h o u g h r e f o r m is c o m p l i c a t e d by

i n t e r a c t i o n b e t w e e n States a n d the

i m p a c t of r o a d use o n v a r i o u s sec tors

o f t he e c o n o m y .

A p a r t f rom this cos t r e c o v e r y a spec t ,

t he p r i c i n g o f r o a d s e r v i c e s must

i n v o l v e the b e n e f i t s o f n e w t o a d s to

l a n d o w n e r s , as we l l as t he e f f ec t s o f

land d e v e l o p m e n t o n roads .

R e s o l v i n g these issues wi l l h e l p s e c u r e

a r e a s o n a b l e r e tu rn to t he c o m m u n i t y

for its i nves tmen t in r o a d s a n d h e l p

e n s u r e that t r anspor t issues arc-

a c c o u n t e d f o r in n e w d e v e l o p m e n t s .

P r i c i n g m e c h a n i s m s may a l so h e l p

a l l e v i a t e the e c o n o m i c a n d e n v i r o n ­

m e n t a l costs o f r o a d c o n g e s t i o n . W e

a r e i n v e s t i g a t i n g new t e c h n o l o g y ,

such as e l e c t r o n i c to l l c o l l e c t i o n ,

w h i c h r e p l a c e s t r a d i t i o n a l tol l

c o l l e c t i o n p r o c e d u r e s , a n d

r e s e a r c h i n g m e t h o d s that vai v

t he to l l a c c o r d i n g t o t he t i m e o f

day o r level o f c o n g e s t i o n .

T R A N S P O R T E F F I C I E N C Y

E c o n o m i c E v a l u a t i o n

t ranspor t e f f i c i e n c y w i l l i m p r o v e il

t he r o a d n e t w o r k is m a n a g e d as part

o l an i n t e g r a t e d system of land use

a n d m u l t i - m o d a l t r anspo r t .

A kej c o m p o n e n t o f this is to c a r ry

out o n l y those p r o g r a m s a n d p ro j ec t s

w hie h p r o v i d e c l ea r ec o n o m i c

bene f i t s to the c o m m u n i t y .

A n Economic Analysis Manual was

d e v e l o p e d l o p r o v i d e a p rac t i ca l way

to eva lua te p ro jec t s , i n c l u d i n g the

n e e d to c o n s i d e r e x t e r n a l a n d

e n v i r o n m e n t a l e f fec t s .

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A draft R o a d F r e i g h t S t r a t egy

was d e v e l o p e d in c o n s u l t a t i o n

wi th key interes t g r o u p s . I his wi l l

l e a d to m o r e e f f i c i e n t m o v e m e n t

o f f r e igh t , w h i l e still mee t ing

c o m m u n i t y e x p e c t a t i o n s r e g a r d i n g

m a d saletv. the e n v i r o n m e n t a n d

e c o n o m i c d e v e l o p m e n t .

Rev ised g u i d e l i n e s fo r t he o p e r a i i on

ol Ii D o u b l e s w e r e p u b l i s h e d . I hese

vchit les pi ov ide o p p o t luni l ies lot

s ign i f i can t i m p r o v e m e n t s in road

safety, and h e i g h t e f f i c i ency , while-

m i n i m i s i n g wear o n roads . R e s c u e h

was d s o u n d e r t a k e n i n t o a l t e r n a t i v e

c o n f i g u r a t i o n s o f t h e s e v e h i c l e s .

A rev iew o l the b o u n d a r y f o r r o a d

trains c o m m e n c e d . I he rev iew is

s e e k i n g the o p i n i o n s o f s t akeho lde r s ,

i n c l u d i n g G o v e r n m e n t a g e n c i e s , rural

( d u n e ils and Shires . S t a l e

P a r l i a m e n t a r i a n s r e p r e s e n t i n g rural

elct n>i ales a n d indus t ry g r o u p s .

They have b e e n asked t o c o m m e n t o n

the i m p a c t o f e x t e n d i n g the r o a d

train bounda ry , assess i h e sui tabi l i ty

o f rou tes a n d ident i fy rou te s o r a reas

w h i c h s h o u l d be e x c l u d e d o r

r e s t r i c t ed . ( d m m e n i s have a l so

b e e n sought on the n e e d to m o v e

stock a n d f o d d e r ac ross t he

b o u n d a i v d u r i n g d r o u g h t s .

C o n s u l t a t i o n w i th t he p o l i c e a n d

indus t ry g r o u p s t o o k p lace o n

t r a n s f e r r i n g the i ssuing o f p e r m i t s

f o r l a rge l oads a n d v e h i c l e s f r o m the

p o l i c e l o t he R I A . T h i s w i l l f r e e

s i g n i f i c a n t p o l i c e r e s o u r c e s t o Other

du t i e s a n d is b e i n g c o - o r d i n a t e d t o

e n s u r e n a t i o n a l u n i f o r m i t y .

T h e R T A has taken a l e a d i n g r o l e in

i n i t i a t i v e s a s soc i a t ed w i th t he S p e c i a l

P r e m i e 1 1 s C o n f e r e n c e t o d e v e l o p a

n a t i o n a l system o l r e g u l a t i n g a n d

p r i c i n g heavy vehie le-s. U n i f o r m i t y

across \us t ra l ia wi l l p r o v i d e

s i gn i f i c an t i m p r o v e m e n t s in t he

e f f i c i e n c y o f m o v i n g f r e i g h t .

T R A N S P O R T E F F I C I E N C Y

N e t w o r k P e r f o r m a n c e — T r a v e l S p e e d s

T h e a v e r a g e s p e e d fo r se l ec ted m a j o r

rou t e s to a n d f i o m the Sydney ( T i l )

r e m a i n e d cons tan t at 28km/h fo r the

A M peak a n d 3 I k m / h f o r the I ' M p e a k .

Figure S shows the a v e r a g e speeds fo r

i n d i v i d u a l rou t e s in the A M peak .

A l t h o u g h these s p e e d s a p p e a r low,

11111< h o l the t raff ic o n m a i n rou tes

l e a d i n g t o the c i ty o p e r a t e s at h i g h e r

s p e e d (Figure 9 ) a n d in t he w i d e r

Sydney n e t w o r k m o r e than 30'V of

t ravel s p e e d s e x c e e d 5 9 k m / h d u r i n g

peak p e r i o d s (Figure 10).

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rural a reas r a n g e f r o m (>7kin/h t o

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s p e e d fo r s e l e c t e d rou te s t o Sydney

r e m a i n s at 75km/h. N e t w o r k P l a n n i n g — T r a v e l S u r v e y s

\ survey of h o u s e h o l d a n d

i o m m e r c i a l v e h i c l e ac l iv i tv in Sydney.

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c a r r i e d out in c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h the

1001 Census . T h e i n f o r m a t i o n wi l l

h e l p p l an fu tu re t r a n s p o r t n e t w o t ks.

B i c y c l e F a c i l i t i e s

A b i cyc le po l i cy has b e e n a d o p t e d

wh ich wi l l i m p r o v e f ac i l i t i e s f o r

i y< lists. A l i i k e p l a n Study was

c o m p l e t e d , w h i c h i n c l u d e s

a m a p i d e n t i f y i n g o n m a j o r

b icyc le rou t e s in Sydney.

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wi th City Rail l o p r o v i d e bicycle-

p a r k i n g at 11 ra i lway s ta t ions in

t he c o m i n g year .

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l S Y S T E M A C C E S S

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l a n d v e h i c l e s plays a v i ta l r o l e

H i in i i d e m p r e v e n t i o n .

Ii is a l s o i m p o r t a n t fo r e f f i c i e n t

m a n a g e m e n t o f roads . A l a rge

p r o p o r t i o n o f r o a d d a m a g e is caused

li\ heavy v e h i c l e s and I he i i d e s i g n ,

pe l Ioi inaiu e a n d o p e r a t i n g

s t andards n e e d to be r e g u l a t e d .

W e a re w o r k i n g wi th o t h e r Sta te r o a d

a u t h o r i t i e s to es tabl ish n a t i o n a l

u n i f o r m i t y in d r i v e r l i c e n s i n g and

heavy v e h i c l e r e g i s t r a t i o n a n d

r e g u l a t i o n . It is h o p e d that all S ta les

w i l l a g r e e o n u n i f o r m l i c e n c e

( lassi l i i a l i o n s ea r ly in 1992.

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v e h i c l e d r i v e r l i c e n s i n g s c h e m e is

b e i n g i n t r o d u c e d , in c o n j u n c t i o n

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e x c h a n g e sys tem, l o e n s u r e

d r i v e r s have o n l y o n e l i c e n c e

a n d o n e l o g b o o k .

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wi th m u l t i p l e l i c e n c e s have to

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( l o m p u i e r k n o w l e d g e tests Ioi ( at

l e a r n e r d r i v e r s w e r e i n t r o d u c e d last

yea r to p r o v i d e a m o r e r i g o r o u s lest

a n d r e d u c e o p p o r t u n i t i e s for h a n d .

I he test has been e x t e n d e d to

t ruck a n d m o t o r c y c l e l i c e n c e

a p p l i c a n t s a n d is a v a i l a b l e in

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( i r c c k , K o r e a n , S e r b i a n . S p a n i s h .

Turk i sh a n d V i e t n a m e s e .

A r e v i e w o f t he new test was

p r o m p t e d by ( l ie low pass rate

(. '50%) s ince its i n t r o d u c t i o n .

W h i l e s o m e m i n o r c h a n g e s w e r e

r e c o m m e n d e d , it was found t o

be a g o o d test o f w h e t h e r t he

a p p l i c a n t s have learn t the relevant

M o t o r T r a f f i c R e g u l a t i o n s .

F r e e T e s t s

D e m o n s t r a t i o n k n o w l e d g e t e s t s f o r

l e a r n e r d r i v e r s a r e a v a i l a b l e t o

s c h o o l s , c o l l e g e s , c o r r e c t i v e s e r v i c e s

i n s t i t u t i o n s , e m p l o y m e n t t r a i n i n g

s e r v i c e s , y o u t h c l u b s a n d d r i v i n g

s c h o o l s , f r e e o f c h a r g e .

A system t o a l l o c a t e r a n d o m l y l i c e n c e

a p p l i c a n t s t o d r i v i n g e x a m i n e r s a n d

r e c o r d d r i v i n g test resul ts is

o p e r a t i n g at 2K m a j o r m o t o r

r eg i s t r i e s a n d wi l l be e x t e n d e d l o all

r eg i s t r i e s w h e n DRIVES is

i m p l e m e n t e d . T h i s p r o v i d e s ana lys i s

o n the r e l a t i o n s h i p b e t w e e n d r i v i n g

e x a m i n e r s , d r i v i n g ins t ruc to r s a n d

d r i v i n g schoo l s . It w i l l a l so e n a b l e us

to m o n i t o r t he relal ive success o f

a p p l i c a n t s w h o have t r a i n e d p r i v a t e l y

( w i t h f r i e n d s o r f a m i l y ) o r w i th

d r i v i n g schoo l s .

A n e w k n o w l e d g e test f o r d r i v i n g

ins t ruc to r s was i n t r o d u c e d in Ju ly

S Y S T E M

1990 a n d .1 new p r a c t i c a l d r i v i n g

lest in J u n e 1991.

A m e n d m e n t s !<> the M o t o r V e h i c l e

D r i v i n g Ins t r in tors Act a n d

R e g u l a t i o n s a r e p l a n n e d to improve

( o n i i o l s a n d s t andards o f t u i t i o n a n d

to m a k e d r i v i n g s c h o o l s a n d

ins t ruc to r s m o r e act o u n t a b l e .

P h o t o L i c e n c e s

E v e r y d r i v e r i n N S W s h o u l d n o w

h a v e a p h o t o - l i c e n c e . C o n v e r s i o n

o f 3.6 m i l l i o n p a p e r l i c e n c e s

b e g a n i n J a n u a r y 1 9 8 9 a n d w a s

c o m p l e t e d i n J u n e 1 9 9 1 .

ti m o n t h s a h e a d o f s c h e d u l e .

H e a v y V e h i c l e I n s p e c t i o n s

T o g e t h e r w i th the r o a d t r anspor t

i ndus l tv . we a r e d e v e l o p i n g a system

i i nde i wh ich h e . i w v e h i c l e s w i l l b e

e x e m p t e d f r o m r o u t i n e i n s p e c t i o n

l>v the R I A . p r o v i d e d thev , 1 1 1

c o v e r e d by an a c c r e d i t e d i n s p e c t i o n

a n d m a i n t e n a n c e p r o g r a m run

by the- o p e r a t o r .

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e n f o r c e m e n t r e sou rces to be

cone en I ra ted on v e h i c l e s whit Ii

present .1 h ighe i risk to t o a d safety.

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used 1 0 check lieavv vchie les Ioi

r o a d w o r t h i n e s s , p a r t i c u l a r l y brakes ,

s t e e r i n g a n d suspens ion . D e v e l o p e d

l>\ the R T A a n d m a n u f a c t u r e d u n d e r

l icent e. tin \ have b e e n sold to o t h e r

r o a d a u i h o i it its.

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d e v e l o p e d b rake t e s t i ng s t anda rds foi

f i x e d a n d mobi le- b rake t e s t ing units.

I his h e l p e d gain indust ry ace c p t a n c e

o f t he i n n kalyser as a credible- t e s t ing

device- and p r o v i d e d i n f o r m a t i o n to

industry o n the m i n i m u m s tandards

r e q u i r e d bv 1 he R T A .

'true kahsrrs are used to check vehicles for roadworthiness.

S Y S T E M A C C E S S

T r a n s p o r t i n g D a n g e r o u s G o o d s

A n i n q u i r y i n t o t he o p e r a t i o n o f t he

c h e m i c a l industry i c ( o m m c n d e d

d r i v e r l i c e n c e s b e e n d o r s e d for

d r i v e r s t r a i n e d in t he sa le t r anspor t

o f d a n g e r o u s g o o d s . C h e c k s o n

ill ivers o f d a n g e r o u s g o o d s v e h i c l e s

w i l l be i n c l u d e d in the r a n d o m

r o a d s i d e checks .

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( A I S )

I he A I S Rev icu ( o i n i n i l t e c

i n v e s t i g a t e d 248 cases o f neg l ec t o r

d e p a r t u r e f r o m i n s p e c t i o n s tandards ,

r e s u l t i n g in 107 s ta t ions a n d 98

e x a m i n e r s b e i n g s u s p e n d e d o r

c a n c e l l e d f r o m the s c h e m e . A n o t h e r

20 s ta t ions a n d 22 e x a m i n e r s w e r e

issued wi th w a r n i n g s .

T a x i s

S e l f - r e g u l a t i o n o f t he tax i i n d u s t r y

m e a n s t ax i s w i l l n o l o n g e r b e sub jec t

t o r o u t i n e i n s p e c t i o n by the R T A .

but by s e l e c t e d A u t h o r i s e d

I n s p e c t i o n

S ta t ions , s u p e r v i s e d by t ax i

n e t w o r k s . T h e R T A w i l l aud i t

i n s p e c t i o n a n d c a r r y ou t r a n d o m

r o a d s i d e c h e c k s o n t ax i s .

I d e n t i f y i n g S t o l e n V e h i c l e s

I n s u r a n c e c o m p a n i e s w ill s u p p l )

i n f o r m a t i o n o n w i i t t cn-of l v e h i i l e s to

h e l p regis! t \ stall d e t e i I s t o l e n , n

i d e n t i f i e d v e h i c l e s at the t i m e ol

o r i g i n a l r e g i s t r a t i o n .

T h e s c h e m e w ill i ( i m p l e m e n t o t h e r

c h e c k s a l r e a d y in p l a c e * j

T h i r d P a r t y P e r s o n a l I n j u r y I n s u r a n c e

F r o m 1 July 1991 m o t o r i s t s can take

o u t c o m p u l s o r y t h i rd p a r t ) i n s u r a n c e

wi th any o l 1-1 l i c e n s e d insui e i •

W h e n r e n e w i n g r e g i s t r a t i o n ,

m o t o i ists must p resen t a v a l i d

g r e e n s l ip ' as p r o o f o f t h e i r

th i rd p a r l y insurance .

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p r e m i u m s fo r c o m p u l s o r y th i rd part

insurance , e x c e p t in c o n n e c t i o n wi th

B a n ol G o v c r n m e n l m i c r o -

l < < i c l o i m is 1 0 ident i fy

• • • . i l l subs id ies in I he p r o v i s i o n

o f p u b l i c se rv ices . As p a n o i the

p roces s , t he f u n d i n g source , f i nanc i a l

costs a n d so< ial bene f i t s o f p r o g r a m

( o n c e s s i o n s to vai ions g r o u p s a re to

be i d e n t i f i e d a n d e v a l u a t e d , to ensu re

the ( O I K e ss ions g r a i n e d a c c o r d w i th

( i o v e r n m e n t pol icy .

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the R T A s p r o g r a m s whi t h a r e

pros i d e d l o selet ted i o a d users ,u . 1

pi i( e b e l o w the n o r m a l ( ba rge , o r

w h e r e i h e benef i t s a re less than the

cosl o f p r o v i s i o n .

W e l f a r e C o n c e s s i o n s

V e h i c l e r e g i s t r a t i o n c o n c e s s i o n s exist

to m a i n t a i n so« ial equi ty ( p e n s i o n e r

c o n c e s s i o n s , f o r e x a m p l e ) a n d

t r anspor t e f f i c i ency . Bui m a n y h i d d e n

subs id ie s exist whu h n e e d to b e

i d e n t i f i e d to ensu re thai they are

r a t i o n a l l y d e t e r m i n e d .

P R O G R A M C O N C E S S I O N S

A s par i o f a I I M I fmys a p p r o a c h to

r o a d p r i c i n g a n d f u n d i n g , ii s h o u l d

b e t he c o m m u n i t y as a w h o l e , ra the i

than r o a d users, w h o fund w e l f a r e

c o n c e s s i o n s I his a p p r o a c h w o u l d

n e a t these c o m ess ions ( e s t i m a t e d at

$ 8 6 M fo r 1 9 9 1 - 9 2 ) as a c o m m u n i t y

s e r v i c e ob l iga t i o n .

P u b l i c T r a n s p o r t S u b s i d i e s

P u b l i c t r anspor t is subs id i sed by

g e n e r a l r o a d users t h r o u g h spec ia l

r e g i s t r a t i o n ra les fo r State Transi t

a n d State Rai l veh i c l e s , e s t i m a t e d

at S 2 . 7 M a \car . T h i s subs idy

bene f i t s r o a d users bv c m out agi ng

p e o p l e to use pub l i c t r anspor t

ra ther than pi iva le veh i c l e s ,

e a s i n g l o n g e s t i o n o n roads .

State Rai l w h u les a l so enjoy spei ial

fuel rates bv not p a v i n g the State

f r anch i se lees o l 6 . 6 cents p e r l i t re .

?.v? funds were used lo upgradea section (»/ Oxley Highway, 12.0km west of Taniwnrlh. i

P R O G R A M C O N C E S S I O N S

I n t e r s t a t e v e h i c l e s

A n o t h e r cross-subs idy re la tes to i he

use o f N S W r o a d s by v e h i c l e s

r e g i s t e r e d in o t h e r States. T h e StiOM a

\ c a i net b u r d e n they i m p o s e o n N s \ \

r o a d s is not b a l a n c e d by NSW

v e h i c l e s v i s i t i n g o t h e r Slates . T h i s

resul ts in N S W r e g i s t r a t i o n c h a r g e s

b e i n g h i g h e i than w o u l d o t h e r w i s e

be t he case, a p r o b l e m b e i n g

a d d r e s s e d in < o n j u n c t i o n wi th

n a t i o n a l r o a d p r i c i n g in i t i a t ives .

S o c i a l E q u i t y

P r o g r a m c o n c e s s i o n s a l so exist in t he

f u n d i n g o f r o a d p r o j e c t s that cost

m o r e than ihey r e tu rn in d i r ec t

b e n e f i t s to the < o m m u n i t y . H o w e v e r ,

they have b r o a d e c o n o m i c bene f i t s Ol

prov i d e s i x ial equ i ty in r e g a r d to

access to t r anspo r t . E x a m p l e s int l ude

the p r o v i s i o n ol s o m e a l l -wea ther ,

dus t - f ree roads in r e m o t e a n a s and

f ac i l i t i e s to i m p r o v e access fo r

p e o p l e w i th i m p a i r e d m o b i l i t y .

Such proje t is u n d e r t a k e n d u r i n g the

year i n c l u d e d :

• E x t e n s i o n o f t h e b i t u m e n s e a l o n

t h e C o b b H i g h w a y f r o m B o o l i g a l

t o w a r d s I v a n h o e ( $ 1 . 2 M ) w h i l e ,

f u r t h e r s o u t h , 6 n e w b r i d g e s h a v e

b e e n c o n s t r u c t e d t o p r o v i d e a

f l o o d - f r e e r o u t e o v e r W i l l a n d r a

C r e e k a n d i t s f l o o d p l a i n ( $ 1 . 6 M ) .

• W h e e l c h a i r r a m p s a t n e w m o t o r

r e g i s t r i e s i n G o u l b u r n ,

N a r r a n d e r a a n d W e s t W y a l o n g a n d

a u d i o - t a c t i l e d e v i c e s a t t r a f f i c

s i g n a l s i n S y d n e y .

• P r o v i s i o n o f c y c l i n g f a c i l i t i e s

i n S y d n e y , N e w c a s t l e a n d

W o l l o n g o n g ( $ 0 . 9 M ) .

C E N T R A L R E G I O N

A n a : 1,122 M J km

P o p u l a t i o n : l .NM

C l a s s i f i e d R o a d s : 7 6 4 k m

B u d g e t : $ 2 0 8 M

R e g i o n a l O f f i c e :

2 H i n d St ree t

M i l s o n s Po in t

T e l : ( 0 2 ) 9 2 3 7222

Fax: ( 0 2 ) 9 2 5 0014

R o a d S a f e t y

R o a d safety s e m i n a r s w e r e h e l d

w nh l o c a l G o v e r n m e n t , p o l i t e.

Si h o o l s . hea l th a n d c o m m u n i t y

g r o u p s , i n c l u d i n g those f r o m

n o n - E n g l i s h s p e a k i n g b a c k g r o u n d s ,

in fos ter c o m m u n i t y o w n e r s h i p

a n d a c o - o r d i n a t e d a p p r o a c h

in s,ilet\ p r o b l e m s .

S u p p o r t was g i v e n to l oca l safety

in i t i a t ives , such as t he Ku r ing -ga i

S l o w d o w n C a m p a i g n a n d the

C a m p c r d o w n C h i l d r e n ' s I l o sp i t a l a n d

F ive D o c k Seat Bel l C a m p a i g n s .

< o m m u i i i t v awarenes s o l r o a d

s.ili i v was e x t e n d e d t h r o u g h

p u b l i c a t i o n s a n d the r e l ease

ol l oca l a c c i d e n t statistics.

Safety c a m p a i g n s f o r p e d e s t r i a n s a n d

bii \ ( l i s t s i n c l u d e d the a n n u a l

P e d e s t r i a n Safely M o n t h , t he Park to

Park H e l m e t R i d e . Safe S e n i o r s .

S p r i n g C y c l e d u r i n g BicyTc W e e k a n d

the Dr ink W a l k e r C a m p a i g n in

O x f o r d Street a n d K i n g s Cros s .

E v a l u a t i o n o f t h e R e g i o n ' s R o a d

S a f e t y a n d T r a f f i c M a n a g e m e n t

P r o g r a m i n d i c a t e d t h a t i t r e d u c e d

a c c i d e n t s b y a b o u t 9 0 a y e a r

( i n c l u d i n g 6 s e r i o u s a c c i d e n t s ) f o r a n

i n v e s t m e n t o f $ 2 . 6 M .

Pedes t r i an b r i d g e s o v e r S t o n e y C r e e k

R o a d a n d K i n g G e o r g e s R o a d , next t o

B e v e r l y H i l l s P r i m a r y S c h o o l , w e r e

c o m p l e t e d at a cost o f S4H0.000.

B i c y c l e c o n d i t i o n s w e r e i m p r o v e d o n

the P r ince s H i g h w a y ( S u t h e r l a n d t o

W a t e r f a l l ) . M o n a Va le R o a d (St Ives t o

I e n e y H i l l s ) . C a p t a i n C o o k D r i v e

( C r o n u l h i to K u r u e l l ) l l o m e b u s h Bay-

D r i v e ( R h o d e s to H o m e b u s h ) ,

W a i i m g a h R o a d ( n o r t h o f R o s e v i l l c

B r i d g e . F o r e s t v i l l e ) , a n d Sydney

H a t hour B r i d g e .

C E N T R A L R E G I O N

Ass i s t ance was g i v e n to

c o u n c i l s lot lii( v< le fac i l i t i e s

in C a n t e r b u r y . R a n d w i c k , Ryde ,

Wave i lev and W i l l o u g b b y .

P l a n n i n g

I he R e g i o n ' s R o a d Safety S t r a t egy

1990 9f> was r e l e a s e d , h i g h l i g h t i n g

p e d e s t r i a n safety as t he m a j o r issue.

A R o a d D e v e l o p m e n t S t r a t egy fo r the

W e s t e r n A n a of S u t h e r l a n d Shin- was

c o m p l e t e d a n d a draft S t ra tegy f o r

Shor t h i in [ r a f f l e M a n a g e m e n t o l

C l a s s i f i ed R o a d s in M o s m a n .

C r e m o r n e a n d N e u t r a l Bay was

r e l e a s e d fo r c o m m e n t .

T h e t o a d r e s e r v a t i o n s b e t w e e n

M a r s d e n R o a d and K p p i n g R o a d

t h r o u g h E a s t w o o d w e r e r e v i e w e d .

S tud ies e x a m i n e d the t ra f f ic

i m p l i c a t i o n s o f d e v e l o p m e n t in the

N o r t h R y d e Indus t r i a l A r e a . D e e Whv .

B r o o k v a l e a n d W a r r i n g a h M a l l a n d

o n the p r o v i s i o n o l ac< ess r a m p s

b e t w e e n the F 3 S y d n e y - N e w c a s t l e

F r e e w a y a n d F.dgcworth D a v i d

A v e n u e / J u n c t i o n R o a d . W a h r o o n g a .

T h e Botany West T r a n s p o r t S tudy

was c o n d u c t e d as the first s tage

of the S u p p l e m e n t a l v I I S Ioi

i h e F5 S o u t h Wes t e rn Freeway.

\ C o m m u n i t y A d v i s o r y C o m m i t t e e

was i n v o l v e d in s e l e c t i n g ( onsu l t an t s

a n d m a n a g i n g the study.

T r a f f i c M a n a g e m e n t

C o n g e s t i o n o n the Pacific H i g h w a y

t h r o u g h Tin r a m u r i a ea sed

d rama t i ca l l y wi th t he i n t r o d u c t i o n a

new peak traffic How system

I m p r o v e m e n t s w e r e a l s o m a d e

b e t w e e n G o r d o n a n d R o s e v i l l e

M e a s u r e s t o i m p r o v e t raff ic safety o n

l he P r i m e s I l ighwav bet w e e n

N e w t o w n a n d Blakehurs l b e g a n af te r

extc-nsive pub l i i i onsul ta t i o n .

A new ( o a c h t e r m i n a l was o p e n e d in

F'.ddv A v e n u e at C e n t r a l Railway

S ta t ion , p r o v i d i n g safer, m o r e

c o n v e n i e n t f ac i l i t i e s f o r in le t ci ty

pa s senge r s a n d tour is ts .

Disc uss ions w e r e h e l d w i th d i s a b l e d

p e r s o n s g r o u p s o n the l o c a t i o n of

a u d i o lac t i l e p e d e s t r i a n f ac i l i t i e s a n d

w hee l i hai l d e t e c t o r s .

Labourer. Kay Sharpe.from hmr (.uve Works Office, Sydney.

M A J O R W O R K S ( C e n t r a l R e g i o n )

S y d n e y H a r b o u r T u n n e l EST1MATKD C O S T : S738M C O S T T O DATE: S540M 1990-91: $185M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : A U C U S T 1992

I his four- lane , 2.,'ikm tunne l

is a G o v e r n m e n t / P r i v a t e

K i l t e r p r i se p r o j e c t . A l l e i g h t

o l the r e i n f o r c e d c o n c r e t e

uni ts a r e in p l a c e a n d the

c o n n e c t i n g n o r t h a n d si nit Ii

s h o r e t u n n e l s c o m p l e t e d .

W o r k c o m m e n c e d o n m a j o r

m e c h a n i c a l / e l e c t r i c a l ins ta l la t ions .

I he S y d n e y H a r b o u r B r i d g e

tol l f i n a n c e s c o n s t r u c t i o n o f

d i e l l a i b o u t l u n n e l . R e v e n u e foi

t he yea r was $46 .9M c o m p a r e d

wi th J47 .4M in 1989-90. T h i s

a m o u n t s l o an a c c u m u l a t e d

short fall of $8.">M agains t

tin a m o u n t r e q u i r e d to

f i n a n c e the t u n n e l c o m p l e t e ! )

f r o m lo l l s .

G o r e H i l l F r e e w a y E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $I27M

C O S T T O DATE: S59.9M

1990-91: $27M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : A U G U S T 1992

1 his . 1 . Ikin freeway v\ ill l ink i h e

W a r r i n g a h Freeway, N a r e m b u i 11

wi th the Pac i f i c H i g h w a y /

l . o n g u e v i l lc R o a d , L a n e C o v e .

I l iei e w i l l b e f lyovers at

W i l l o u g h b y R o a d . N a r e m b u r n ,

t he Pacific H i g h w a y , K a n e G o v e ,

a n d R e s e r v e R o a d , A l t a i - 1 1 1 0 1 1 .

a n d b r i d g e s o v e r t he f reeway

for t he N o r t h S h o r e Ra i lway

L i n e a n d H a m p d e n R o a d / H e r b e r t

S t r ee t , A r t a r m o n .

T h e railway b r i d g e . H a m p d e n

R o a d / H e r b e r t S i ree t B r i d g e a n d

v iaduc t s near W i l l o u g h b y R o a d .

C h e l m s f o r d A v e n u e a n d B a d e n

P o w e l l S t ree t a r e c o m p l e t e d

a n d tw in b r i d g e s o v e r R e s e r v e

R o a d a r e u n d e r construe l i o n .

Northern end of the Sydney Harbour lunnel.

R o a d a n d b r i d g e w o r k has

c o m m e n c e d b e t w e e n B r o o k S t ree t ,

N a r e m b u r n a n d the r a i lway l i n e

a n d at the Pac i f ic H i g h w a y /

K o n g u e v i l l e R o a d in le t sect i on a n d

is wel l a d v a n c e d f r o m the railway

to Rese rve R o a d .

W o r k has b e e n a c c e l e r a t e d t o e n s u r e

< o m p l e t i o n c o i n c i d e s w i th the

o p e n i n g o f S y d n e y H a r b o u r l u n n e l .

M A J O R W O R K S ( C e n t r a l R e g i o n )

S o u t h e r n A r t e r i a l E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $39M C O S T T O DATE: S23.3M 1990-91: S6.7M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : J U N E 1996

I m p r o v e d traffic How a n d i n c r e a s e d

c a p a c i t y b e t w e e n the city, Sydney

A i r p o r t a n d the s o u t h e r n suburbs is

b e i n g p r o v i d e d w i t h e x t e n s i v e traffi t

m a n a g e m e n t w o r k s i n c o r p o r a t i n g

one-way streets a l o n g the r o u t e <>l

R e g e n t . C l e v e l a n d . G i b b o n s a n d

W \ n d l i a m St reel - and B< itany Ri iad,

I he F ig Street G o n n e t t i o n b e t w e e n

W a t t l e a n d H a r r i s St ree ts , U l t i m o

was o p e n e d in O c t o b e r 1990,

p r o v i d i n g traffic f r o m W a t t l e

Street wi th a d i rec t r o u t e to

t he citv. a v o i d i n g P y r m o n l .

G l e b e I s l a n d A r t e r i a l — S t a g e 3 E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $160M

C O S T T O D A T E : $19M

1990-91: S4.5M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : O C T O B E R 1995

I his p ro jec t will l ink e x i s t i n g

v i aduc t s o v e r D a r l i n g H a r b o u r

(Stages I a n d 2 ) t o t he start o f t he

C i t y W e s t L i n k R o a d n e a r t he

i n t e r s e c t i o n o l V i c t o r i a R o a d a n d

T h e C r e s c e n t .

It i n v o l v e s a six l ane d i v i d e d v i aduc t ,

r amps a n d a p p r o a c h r o a d s a l o n g

P y r m o n l Pen insu la a n d a h i g h level

b r i d g e o v e r Johns tons Bay. I he 3 4 5 m

bridge- wi l l be the longes t cable- s laved

b r i d g e in Aus t ra l ia a n d o n e o f the

longest in the w o r l d . P i l e s a n d p i l e

c aps for t he t w o 120m h i g h t ower s o l

the In iclge w e r e c o m p l e t e d in Ja i iuai v

1991 at a cost o f $ 1 1 . 5 M .

C i t y - W e s t L i n k R o a d E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $165M

C O S T T O D A T E : S35M

1990-91: S13J(M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : 1997

T h i s w i l l c o n n e c t t he G l e b e Is land

A r t e r i a l w i th t he L I Wes te i n I i ecway

at C o n c o r d , i n c r e a s i n g t ra i l ic

capae ilv b e t w e e n the e ity a n d the

westei n suburbs .

T h e r o u t e f o l l o w s V i c t o r i a R o a d f r o m

T h e ( test c ni . t hen the railway line to

I.eie hhard t w h e r e it jo ins D o b r o y d

P a i a d e to mee t Parratnat ta R o a d at

l ive- 1 )oe k.

A l u n n e l u n d e r V i c t o r i a R o a d . W h i l e

Bav wi l l be e o m p l e l e d towards the

e n d o f 1991 a n d the W h i l e s C r e e k

Bridge- is substant ia l ly c o m p l e t e d .

W i n k e o m m e n c e d o n C a t h e i i n e

Street Ra i lway B r i d g e a n d a p p r o a c h e s

a n d is d u e Ioi c o m p l e t i o n in Augus t

1991. R o a d w o r k s a n d l a n d s c a p i n g wi l l

M A J O R W O R K S ( C e n t r a l R e g i o n )

i • >• 11 i nuc d u r i n g 1992 t o e n a b l e t he

M ' I i i on I r o m The ( acscen t l o

C a t h e r i n e S t ree t , l . i lyFie ld to be

o p e n e d by June 19915.

T o p R y d e U n d e r p a s s ( 3 x 3 )

E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $30M C O S T T O D A T E : S4.6M 1990-91: S3.1M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : 1996

I his p r o j e i i w i l l p r o v i d e lo r D e v l i n

S i i e e l l o pass u n d e r V i c t o r i a R o a d ,

w i th t u r n i n g m o v e m e n t s at V i c t o r i a

R o a d leve l , e a s i n g c o n g e s t i o n a n d

e l i m i n a t i n g an a c c i d e n t blai kspot .

V i c t o r i a R o a d , W e s t R y d e ( 3 x 3 )

E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $7M

C O S T T O D A T E : S0.5M

I990-9I:$0.5M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : 1994

\ u i o i ia R o a d wi l l be w i d e n e d to

l i \ e lanes b e t w e e n West I 'arade a n d

A n / a c A v e n u e , West R y d e to

p r o v i d e t h r e e c i t y - b o u n d lanes

a n d t w o o u t - b o u n d lanes .

W o r k c o m m e n c e d o n a

p e d e s t r i a n u n d e r p a s s w h i c h

w i l l a l l o w the r e m o v a l o f

foo l paths u n d e r the ra i lway

b r i d g e t o p r o v i d e the ex t ra lane.

H o m e b u s h B a y D r i v e ( 3 x 3 )

E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $90M C O S T T O DATE: S49M 1990-91: f l U M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : L A T E 1994

Stage 1 o f H o m e b u s h l iav D r i v e

b e t w e e n C o n c o r d R o a d a n d

Parratnat ta R o a d was o p e n e d in

Dei e m b e r 1990. It is part o f a new

s e c t i o n o f S t a l e R o u t e .'5:5, w h i c h runs

b e t w e e n M o n a Va le a n d l i l akehurs t .

T o g e t h e r w i t h t he C e n t e n a r y Di t*e

E x t e n s i o n ( M a r l b o r o u g h R o a d

D c \ ial i o n ) a n d S tage 2 o f H o m e b u s h

Bay D r i v e , ih is w o r k wi l l c r ea t e a

1.7km by pass o f S t r a l h f i e l d a n d

C o n c o r d s h o p p i n g c e n t r e s fo r t ra f f ic

t r a v e l l i n g b e t w e e n R y d e a n d the

s o u t h e r n suburbs .

A n o f f l o a d i n g r a m p I K mi I l ie F4

I i ecu a\ l o H o m e b u s h Ba\ D r i v e was

o p e n e d in July 1991 a n d a b r i d g e o v e r

Parratnatta R o a d was o p e n e d f o r

t ra f f ic e n t e r i n g K l e m i n g t o n M a r k e t s

f r o m H o m e b u s h Bay D r i v e .

W o r o n o r a R i v e r B r i d g e a n d A p p r o a c h e s

( 3 x 3 ) E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $32M C O S T T O DATE: $3.6M 1990-91: S1.8M

C O M M E N C E M E N T D E L A Y E D

A n u p g r a d e d r o a d o n a new

a l i g n m e n t b e t w e e n L i n d e n S t ree t ,

S u t h e r l a n d a n d M e n a i R o a d . Bango r ,

i n c l u d i n g a n e w b r i d g e o v e r t he

W o r o n o r a R i v e r is p r o p o s e d to In­

built l o i m p r o v e the S u t h e r l a n d

M e n a i Banks town rou te .

A n EIS was e x h i b i t e d in c o n j u n c t i o n

wi th a r o a d d e v e l o p m e n t s t rategy lo r

t he wes tern a rea o f S u t h e r l a n d Shi re .

M A J O R W O R K S ( C e n t r a l R e g i o n )

In D e c e m b e r 1990. a d e v i a t i o n o f

M e n a i R o a d was o p e n e d o n i h e

wes te rn a p p r o a c h to t he e x i s t i n g

W o r o n o r a b r i d g e , e l i m i n a t i n g a

n i i m h c i o f hail p in bends .

A l f o r d s P o i n t R o a d E x t e n s i o n ( 3 x 3 )

E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $2<iM

C O S T T O DATE: $18.1 M

1990-91: $8.9M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N :

D E C E M B E R 1992

A four-lane m o t o r w a y b e t w e e n

A l f o r d s Poin t R o a d a n d M e n a i R o a d .

M e n a i wi l l p r o v i d e safer t ravel a n d

i nc r ea sed c a p a c i t y in the r a p i d l y

g r o w i n g a reas of A l f o r d s P o i n t . M e n a i

and Bangor .

I he first stage, b e t w e e n A l f o r d s Poin t

R o a d a n d O l d I Ha w a r ra R o a d , was

o p e n e d in M a r c h 1991.

lli<mrbu\h Itm Itiwr. S u / ' f Y .

F o r e s t W a y ( 3 x 3 ) E S T I M A T E D C O S T SI9M C O S T T O DATE: S4.7M 1990-91: $4 M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : L A T E 1991

I h e first s e c t i o n o f u p g r a d i n g Forest

Way l o l o u r lanes b e t w e e n H e w s

Parade . M e l r o s e a n d M o n a Va le R o a d .

I c r r c v H i l l s was c o m p l e t e d in

February 1991 w i t h t he o p e n i n g o f

the s o u t h b o u n d c a r r i a g e w a y b e t w e e n

H e w s P a r a d e a n d Ra ls ton A v e n u e .

W o r k b e g a n o n the n o r t h b o u n d

( ai i iagewav b e t w e e n Rals ton and

Wvat l A v e n u e s

C o n s u l t a t i v e F o r u m

A f o r u m w a s e s t a b l i s h e d t o e x c h a n g e

v i e w s b e t w e e n t h e R e g i o n a n d L o c a l

G o v e r n m e n t o n i s s u e s s u c h a s r o a d

f u n d i n g , p r o g r a m m i n g , p r i o r i t i e s

a n d c o m m u n i t y c o n c e r n s .

S Y D N E Y W E S T E R N R E G I O N

A r e a : 31,888sq k m

P o p u l a t i o n : l.li.M

C l a s s i f i e d R o a d s : 3,528km

B u d g e t : $ 2 5 1 M

R e g i o n a l O f f i c e :

83 F l t i s h c o m b e R o a d

B l a c k t o w n

Tel : ( 0 2 ) 8 3 1 0911

Fax: ( 0 2 ) 8 3 1 0 9 2 6

R o a d S a f e t y

T h e C e n t r a l C u m b e r l a n d T r a f f i c a n d

Safe ty P r o g r a m was r e l e a s e d in

Feb rua ry 1991. It o u t l i n e d t raff ic

s ignals , r o u n d a b o u t s , p e d e s t r i a n

s ignals , p e d e s t r i a n re fuges ,

i m p r o v e m e n t s to bus routes , safei

r o u t e t f o r cyclists a n d o t h e r w o r k s to

b e c a r r i e d out in A u b u r n . B a n k s t o w n ,

F a i r f i e l d . I l o l r o v d a n d Parratnat ta

o v e r t h r e e years . S o m e 107 p ro j ec t s

w e r e i d e n t i f i e d a n d $ 6 M was

a l l o c a t e d t o t he p r o g r a m in 1990-91.

B l a c k t o w n r e c o r d e d the h ighes t

n u m b e r o f c rashes a n d casua l t ies of

any C o u n c i l a rea in N S W d u r i n g 1989

a n d 1990. T h i s l e d t o t he l aunch o f

the B l a c k t o w n Safe ty S t r a t e g y in

D e c e m b e r 1990. By c o o p e r a t i n g w i th

loca l m e d i a a n d the p o l i c e to i n c r e a s e

p u b l i c awarenes s o f t he p r o b l e m , t he

n u m b e r o f a c c i d e n t s have d e c r e a s e d ,

p a r t i c u l a r l y fatal a c c i d e n t s .

S o m e S 2 0 M was spent o n the

Reg ion ' s t o p 100 b l a c k s p o t s in

an ef for t t o r e d u c e the n u m b e r

a n d sever i ty o f a c c i d e n t s .

Traf f ic m a n a g e m e n t r o u t e

d e v e l o p m e n t p ro j ec t s w e r e « o t n p l e t e d

Ioi Pennan t H i l l s R o a d . Sunny-holt

R o a d , C a r l i n g f o r d R o a d a n d

F a i r f o r d / D a v i e s Roads .

P l a n n i n g

D e v e l o p m e n t o f R o u s e H i l l fo r s t aged

re lease o f h o u s i n g l and c o n t i n u e d to

b e a m a j o r p r o j e c t , a n d t h e p r o c e s s

used as a m o d e l fo r o t h e r m a j o r

d e v e l o p m e n t s o u t s i d e the U r b a n

Re lease p r o g r a m , at O r a n Park . S o u t h

Mac A r t h u r a n d C o m m o n w e a l t h land

at St. Marys .

F 2 C a s t l e r e a g h F r e e w a y

A C o m m i s s i o n o f I n q u i r y u n d e r

the E n v i r o n m e n t a l P l a n n i n g a n d

Assessment At t r e c o m m e n d e d

aga ins t the p r o p o s e d to 11 way s e c t i o n

ol the ¥2 C a s t l e r e a g h F reeway

f r o m N o r t h R u l e to Pennan t H i l l s

R o a d . Beet r o l l .

A n EIS is b e i n g p r e p a r e d to f i n d

s o l u t i o n s l o r t he r a p i d l v g r o w i n g

t r anspor t needs o f t he n o r t h west

Sydney. It w i l l e x a m i n e a p r o p o s a l bv

the C o m m i s s i o n fo r a t unne l bypass

o f F.pping. int h i d i n g u p g r a d i n g o l

C a r l i n g f o r d a n d F.pping Roads .

It wi l l l o o k at t he e n v i r o n m e n t a l l y

sens i t ive use o f t he e x i s t i n g c o r r i d o r

b e t w e e n N o r t h R y d e a n d P e n n a n t

H i l l s R o a d , as w e l l as the t r anspor t

o p t i o n s lot i h e a rea west o f Pennan t

H i l l s R o a d to O l d W i n d s o r R o a d .

T h e F.IS is e x p e c t e d t o be c o m p l e t e d

in O c t o b e r 1991.

M A J O R W O R K S ( S y d n e y W e s t e r n R e g i o n )

R e g i s t r y S e r v i c e s

A new M o t o r Reg i s t ry was o p e n e d

at T h o r n l e i g h and C a n ley H e i g h t s

M o t o r Reg i s t ry was m o v e d to

Fa i r f i e ld H e i g h t s .

Business h o u r s w e r e e x t e n d e d

at B l a c k t o w n , C a m p b e l l t o w n ,

Pen r i t h . Par ramat ta ( C h a r l e s Si ree l i

a n d T h o r n l e i g h . Extension of Ihe F5 between Moorebank anil Revesby. Sydney, will include crossing the Nepean River.

M A J O R W O R K S ( S y d n e y W e s t e r n R e g i o n )

F - 5 S o u t h W e s t e r n F r e e w a y

Interl ink R o a d s Pty Ltd c o m m e n c e d

w o r k in February 1 9 9 1 on Ihe

privately f u n d e d , $ 3 0 0 M F5-South

Wes tern Freeway be tween M o o r e b a n k

Avenue , L i v e r p o o l a n d K i n g G e o r g e s

R o a d , Beverly Hi l l s , w h i c h will

opera te as a to l lroad. T h e work will

b e c o m p l e t e d in two stages, f r o m

M o o r e b a n k Avenue to T h e River

R o a d , Revesby (late 1 9 9 2 ) and T h e

River R o a d to K i n g G e o r g e s R o a d

(early 1 9 9 3 ) .

C u m b e r l a n d H i g h w a y ( 3 x 3 ) ESTIMATED COST: S20.4M COST TO DATE: $12M 1990-91: S U M

ESTIMATED COMPLETION: 1993

T h e C u m b e r l a n d H i g h w a y is b e i n g

c o n s t r u c t e d to at least a Four-lane

d i v i d e d r o a d f r o m W e n t w o i t h v i l l e

to L i v e r p o o l .

W i d e n i n g o f Jersey R o a d . Greys t anes

b e t w e e n O l d P r o s p e c t a n d

M i l i \ lands R o a d s was c o m p l e t e d in

Augus t 1990 at a cost o f S 4 . 9 M .

W o r k c o m m e n c e d in O c t o b c t 1990

on a s ix- lane d i v i d e d r o a d in

S m i t h f i e l d R o a d , S m i t h f i e l d a n d

P a l m e r s t o n R o a d a n d ( I a m b i i d g e

S t ree t . F a i r f i e l d H e i g h t s f r o m N e v i l l e

Street t o A v o n lea S t ree t . T h e w o r k

i m h ides a f l y o v e r at f o l d i n g Si i eel

a n d is s c h e d u l e d fo r c o m p l e t i o n in

June 1993 at a cost o f $9.6M. C a m b r i d g e S t r ee t . C a n l c y H e i g h t s

was n i d e n e d i<> six lanes b e t w e e n

A r b u t u s a n d A v o n l e a Streets . W o r k

was c o m p l e t e d in S e p t e m b e i 1990 at

a < ost o f $5 .9M. T h e w o r k i n c l u d e d a

bi i d g e o x e r G r e e n V a l l c \ ( i c e k .

P e n n a n t H i l l s R o a d ( C u m b e r l a n d H i g h w a y )

T h e w i d e n i n g o f P e n n a n t H i l l s R o a d ,

Wesl Pennan t H i l l s to six lanes

b e t w e e n Pea rce s C o r n e r a n d

B o u n d a r y R o a d has b e e n c o m p l e t e d .

W o r k is s( h e d u l e d to c o n t i n u e

si luthwards t o M a h e i s R o a d ove i i he

next t h r e e years at a cost o f $ 6 2 M .

wh ich wi l l i n c l u d e a t u n n e l at t he

i I I i ei sei t i on o f P e n n a n t H i l l s a n d

Cast le H i l l Roads .

R o a d w o r k s to i m p r o v e t raff ic f l o w

a n d Safety o n Pennan t H i l l s R o a d

b e t w e e n L l o y d s a n d C o l e m a n

Avenues , < l a r l i n g f o r d w e r e c o m p l e t e d

in Dei e m b e r 1990 al a cost o f $ I . 2 M .

T h i s i iu h i d e d i h e e x t e n s i o n o f

C o l e m a n A v e n u e and the ins ta l l a t ion

ol i ra t l i i s igna ls al its i n t e r s e c t i o n

wi th Pennan t H i l l s R o a d .

M A J O R W O R K S ( S y d n e y W e s t e r n R e g i o n )

E r s k i n e P a r k R o a d , E r s k i n e P a r k ( 3 x 3 )

E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $3M C O S T T O DATE: S U M 1990-91: S I M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : L A T E 1992

The r e c o n s t r u c t i o n a n d w i d e n i n g o l

E r sk ine Park R o a d f r o m the F4

Freeway. C o l y t o n to Ma tu re R o a d .

E r s k i n e Park was c o m p l e t e d to

C h a m e l e o n D r i v e , a n d wi l l c o n t i n u e

to M a m r e R o a d d u r i n g 1991-92.

F a i r f o r d a n d D a v i e s R o a d s , P a d s t o w ( 3 x 3 )

E S T I M A T E D C O S T : S16.5M C O S T T O DATE: S1.2M 1990-91: S I M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : 1995

W o r k b e g a n in A p r i l 1991 o n the

r e c o n s t r u c t i o n a n d w i d e n i n g o f Fait f o l d

a n d D a v i e s R o a d s to p r o v i d e a four - lane

d i v i d e d ca r r i ageway , i n c l u d i n g a b r i d g e

o v e r t he rai lway l i n e at Padstow. T h e

w o r k is par t o f the u p g r a d i n g o f the

m a j o r nor th / sou th l ink b e t w e e n

D u n d a s a n d A l f o r d s P o i n t .

H o r s l e y R o a d , E a s t e r n C r e e k F I N A L C O S T : S95M 1990-91: $95M

(Cons t ruc t ion o f a d e v i a t i o n a n d

u p g r a d i n g o f Hors ley R o a d b e t w e e n

the G r e a t Wes t e rn H i g h w a y a n d

D o b s o n R o a d was c o m p l e t e d in

February 1991.

M e m o r i a l A v e n u e a n d B u r n s R o a d ,

P a r k l e a ( 3 x 3 ) E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $2.8M 1990-91: SI.5M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : J U L Y 1992

I he r e p a i r o f f a i l e d p a v e m e n t o n

M e m o r i a l A v e n u e a n d Burns R o a d

b e t w e e n W i n d s o r a n d O l d W i n d s o r

R o a d s c o m m e n c e d in M a y 1991.

N e w L i n e R o a d , C h e r r y b r o o k F I N A L C O S T : S6.9M

1990-91: SO^M

T h e w i d e n i n g o f N e w L i n e R o a d t o

f o u r lanes b e t w e e n S w a n P l a c e a n d

S h e p h e r d s D r i v e was c o m p l e t e d in

A p r i l 1991. W o r k is s c h e d u l e d to

c o n t i n u e t o P u r c h a s e R o a d b e f o r e t he

o p e n i n g o f t h e n e w T e c h n i c a l H i g h

S c h o o l at C h e r r y b r o o k in 1992.

P a r k e r S t r e e t , P e n r i t h E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $5.8M C O S T T O DATE: $3_5M 1990-91: $0.1 M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : W O R K D E F E R R E D P E N D I N G F U N D I N G .

T h e r e c o n s t r u c t i o n a n d w i d e n i n g o f

P a r k e r S t ree t to f ou r lanes b e t w e e n

C o x A v e n u e , K i n g s w o o d a n d O x f o r d

S t r ee t , C a m b r i d g e Park was o p e n e d .

T h e s o u t h b o u n d c a r r i a g e w a y b e t w e e n

O x f o r d Street a n d D t i n h c v c d R o a d is

a l s o o p e n to t raf f ic .

M A J O R W O R K S ( S y d n e y W e s t e r n R e g i o n )

P a r r a m a t t a B y p a s s ( J a m e s R u s e D r i v e )

( 3 x 3 )

ESTIMATE. ! ) C O S T : $ 4 5 M

C O S T T O DATE: $2.1 M

1990-91: $2 .IM

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : J U N E 1992

W i n k e n I In- i ons t i in l i o n ol r a m p s

l o a n d 11<mi the n o r t h al K i s s i n g

Po in t R o a d i o m m e n i e d in N o v e m b e r

1900 to e l i m i n a t e i nd i r ec t t raff ic

i o n i c s .mi l r e l i e v e c o n g e s t i o n at

ad jacent i n t e r c h a n g e s .

P h i l l i p P a r k w a y , R o o t y H i l l

E S T I M A T E D C O S T ) $12.6M

C O S T T O DATE: $7.9M

1990-91: $4.6M

E T 1 M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : A P R I L 1992

W o r k c o m m e n c e d in A p r i l 1990 o n

the i ( i n s t r u c t i o n o f t he sec t ion o f t h e

P a r k w a y b e t w e e n W o o d s t o c k A v e n u e

a n d Eastern R o a d .

S h o w g r o u n d R o a d . C a s t l e H i l l ( 3 x 3 )

E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $8.9M

C O S T T O DATE: $3.1M

1990-91: $ 2 J M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : J U N E 1993

T h e w i d e n i n g o f S h o w g r o u n d R o a d

to p r o v i d e f o u r l a n e s f r o m W i n d s o r

R o . i d to O l d ! N o r t h e r n R o a d

c o m m e n c e d in N o v e m b e r 1990.

S t H i l l i e r s R o a d - B o o r e a S t r e e t , A u b u r n

E S T I M A T E D C O S T : f l O J M

C O S T T O DATE: $3M

1990-91: M I -si

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : 1994-95

W i d e n i n g o l Si H i l l i e r s R o a d / B o o r e a

Si I e e l . V a d i u m t o s ix l a n e s b e t w e e n

P a r r a m a t t a R o a d a n d O l y m p i c D r i v e

is continuing.

W a l l g r o v e R o a d ( 3 x 3 )

E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $8M

C O S T T O DATE: $7.6M

1990-91: $ 2 5 M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : O C T O B E R 1991

W a l l g r o v e R o a d is b e i n g u p g r a d e d to

p r o v i d e a n e w t w o l a n e c a r r i a g e w a y t o

r e p l a c e the e x i s t i n g p a v e m e n t

b e t w e e n E l i z a b e t h D r i v e , C e c i l Park

a n d 1 he H o i slcs D r i v e . Hors ley Park.

W i n d s o r R o a d , B a u l k h a m H i l l s ( 3 x 3 )

E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $3.9M

C O S T T O DATE: $3.8M

1990-91: $2J>M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : A U G U S T 1991

R e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f t he i n t e r s e c t i o n o f

W i n d s o r R o a d wi th S e v e n H i l l s a n d

O l d N o r t h e r n R o a d s to a l l e v i a t e

c o n g e s t i o n c o m m e n c e d in A p r i l 1990.

T h e W e s t e r n R o u t e e x t e n d s m o r e

t h a n 1,200km f r o m S y d n e y t o t h e

S o u t h A u s t r a l i a n b o r d e r v i a L i t h g o w ,

B a t h u r s t , O r a n g e , W e l l i n g t o n , D u b b o ,

N y n g a n , W i l c a n n i a a n d B r o k e n H i l l .

I t i n c l u d e s t h e G r e a t W e s t e r n H i g h w a y

W E S T E R N R O U T E

t o B a t h u r s t , t h e M i t c h e l l H i g h w a y

f r o m t h e r e t o N y n g a n a n d t h e

B a r r i e r H i g h w a y t h r o u g h t o t h e

b o r d e r . I n S y d n e y , t h e G r e a t W e s t e r n

H i g h w a y i s a u g m e n t e d b y t h e

F 4 W e s t e r n F r e e w a y .

W E L L I N G T O N

T H G O W

K A T O O M B A 4 oV-5Si S Y D N E Y

49

M A J O R W O R K S ( W e s t e r n R o u t e )

F 4 W e s t e r n F r e e w a y

L7J M a y s H i l l t o P r o s p e c t E S T I M A T E D C O S T : S230M C O S T T O DATE: $11.6M 1990-91: $5J<M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : M I D 1992

T h i s privately f u n d e d , 10.0km

t< ' l l i n.id is b e i n g constructed by

Statewide R o a d s Ltd .

W o r k c o m m e n c e d in A p r i l 1990. A s

pari o f i b i s w o r k , i b c I I cast o l Mavs

H i l l b e t w e e n | a m e s Ruse D r i v e and

the M a r l b o r o u g h R o a d I n t e r c h a n g e

wi l l be w i d e n e d f r o m l o i n l o s i \ lanes.

W a l l g r o v e R o a d C o n n e c t i o n E S T I M A T E D C O S T : S7M 1990-91: $03 M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : D E C E M B E R 1992

III A p r i l 1991, w o r k c o m m e n c e d o n

r a m p s to a n d f r o m the east o n the I I

al W a l l g r o v e R o a d , Eastern C r e e k .

L a p s t o n e E x t e n s i o n

E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $25M C O S T T O DATE: $I2M 1990 91: $4.6

I N I IM A I 1 I) ( I I M I ' I I I I O N : D E C E M B E R 1992

A 2.3km e x t e n s i o n o f t he F4 f r o m

Russell S l i e e t . Finn P l a in s to the

G r e a t W e s t e r n H i g h w a y . L a p s t o n e

is underway w h i c h wi l l alley ia le

de lays o n the nearby sc< I i on o f t he

( .1 eai Weste i n I l i g h w a ) .

G r e a t W e s t e r n H i g h w a y

[2] F a u l c o n b r i d g e

F I N A L C O S T : $7M

1990-91: $0.6M

A l o i n lane d i v i d e d c a r r i a g e w a y f r o m

G r o s e R o a d to L e w in Si i ee l was

c o m p l e t e d in A u g u s t 1990.

L U W o o d f o r d B e n d s E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $28M 1990-91: $55M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : 1995

W o r k c o m m e n c e d in Augus t 1990 to

ice oust! net a n d w i d e n 3.0km o l

nar row, w i n d i n g t w o - l a n e r o a d l o

a fou r - l ane d i v i d e d r o a d . 31.8km

west o f P e n r i t h ,

rjj F o r t y B e n d s

F I N A L C O S T : $S.7M

1990-91: $0JIM

W i d e n i n g a n d u p g r a d i n g al Fo r ty

B e n d s , 3.2km east o f Li ihgoxv, W A S

c o m p l e t e d in D e c e m b e r 1990.

U ] L i t h g o w

E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $7M

C O S T T O DATE: $4M

1990-91: $2.9M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : J U L Y 1992

R e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f an o l d c on-

( I C L E S C ( I ion belyveen

Rabau l a n d L e e Streets .

M A J O R W O R K S ( W e s t e r n R o u t e )

L T C C o x s R i v e r E S T I M A T E D C O S T : S30M

C O S T T O DATE: $155M

1990-91: S9.6M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N :

D E C E M B E R 1992

E l i m i n a t i o n o f a w i n d i n g l e n g t h

o f r o a d 9.6-14.3km west o f

L i t h g o w . i n c l u d i n g new b r i d g e s

o\ ei ( i p\s R ive r .

LzD M a c q u a r i e R i v e r , B a t h u r s t

E S T I M A T E D C O S T : SHI.IM

C O S T T O DATE: $ 9 3 M

1990-91: $5.2M

E S T I M A T E D C O M I ' l l I I O N :

S E P T E M B E R 1991

A n e w b r i d g e o v e r t h e M a c q u a r i e

R i v e r was c o m p l e t e d at a c o s l of

$7.3M. W o r k o n the a p p r o a c h e s

c o m m e n c e d in M a r c h 1991 a n d is

s c h e d u l e d fo r c o m p l e t i o n in 1991-92

at ,i c ost o f $ 1 2 M . T h e s e w o r k s w i l l

e l i m i n a t e an o l d , n a r r o w t w o - l a n e

b r i d g e w itli w h i d i n g a p p r o a c h e s .

3

B a t h u r s t

The r e c o n s t r u c t i o n a n d w i d e n i n g to

fou r lanes o f D u r h a m S t r ee t , Bathurs t

b e t w e e n Rank in a n d Stewar t S t ree t s

was c o m p l e t e d in Ju ly 1991 at a cost

o f $0.8 M .

W e s t e r n R o u t e

M i t c h e l l H i g h w a y

[jQ L u c k n o w

F I N A L COST:S0J*M

1990-91: $0.72 M

R e s t o r a t i o n and a w e s t b o u n d

c l i m b i n g lane, lti.3-48.7km

west o f Bathurst .

[ £ ] O r a n g e

E S T I M A T E D C O S T : SI .6M

C O S T T O D A T E : $0.8M

1990-91: $0.8M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : JL'NE 1992

R e c o n s t r u c t i o n t h r o u g h O r a n g e to

i m p r o v e safety a n d r e d u c e

m a i n t e n a n c e costs.

Voj F a i r b r i d g e F a r m F I N A L C O S T : $2.1 M 1990-91: S U M

R e a l i g n m e n t a n d r e s t o r a t i o n ,

29.1 -33.3km n o r t h o f O r a n g e , was

c o m p l e t e d in Ju ly 1991.

EE S l o a n e s C r e e k E S T I M A T E D C O S T : S2.4M 1990-91: $0.9M E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N ; \ P R 1 I . 1992

"Work b e g a n o n a new cu lver t

a n d a p p r o a c h e s , 63.2-65.5kni

n o r t h o f O r a n g e .

I B M a c q u a r i e R i v e r , W e l l i n g t o n

E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $7M

C O S T T O D A T E : $ 6 . 1 M

1990-91: $4.9M

I S FI M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N :

D E C E M B E R 1991

A n e w b r i d g e a n d a p p r o a c h e s to

r e p l a c e an o l d s tee l truss b r i d g e that

c o l l a p s e d w h e n d a m a g e d by a t ruck

in J a n u a r y 1989.

1 i

W E S T E R N R E G I O N

B a r r i e r H i g h w a y 5S D a r l i n g River, W i l c a n n i a

E S T I M A T E D C O S T : S5.2M

C O S T T O DATE: $4.2M

1990-91: S I M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N :

D E C E M B E R 1991

N e w b r i d g e a n d a p p r o a c h e s .

I l l West o f W i l c a n n i a

E S T I M A T E D C O S T : S4 JM C O S T T O DATE: $ 2 5 M 1990-91: S0.9M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : J U N E 1993

I m p r o v e r i d e q u a l i t y 104.0-173.0km

west o f W i l c a n n i a .

EU Mt D a r l i n g a n d Stephens C r e e k

F I N A L C O S T : $4 JM

1990-91: S3.6M

New b r i d g e s a n d a p p r o a c h e s w e r e

c o m p l e t e d in M a y 1991,

172.4 187.2km west o f W i l c a n n i a

A r e a : 394,500 sq km

P o p u l a t i o n : 218.000

C l a s s i f i e d R o a d s : 10,348km

B u d g e t : S154 .5M

R e g i o n a l O f f i c e :

51-55 C u r r a j o n g S i r e e l ,

Parkes

Tel: ( 0 6 8 ) 6 2 9763

Fax: ( 0 6 8 ) 62 5003

R o a d S a f e t y

Joint p o l i c e / R I A r o a d s i d e

pa t ro l s w e r e cat t i e d out to

check heavy veh ic l e s .

D r i v e r - R e v i v e r S t o p s o p e r a t e d d u r i n g

ho l iday p e r i o d s to tack le d r i v e r

fa t igue.

I he C l i c k C l ack R o a d Safe ty I n n

S h o w t r ave l l ed t o s c h o o l s t h r o u g h o u t

the- R e g i o n a n d m e d i a c a m p a i g n s

w e r e run in c o n j u n c t i o n wi th p o l i c e

e n f o r c e m e n t ac t iv i t i e s to e m p h a s i s e

the i m p o r t a n c e o l w e a r i n g seat bel ts .

R e g i s t r y S e r v i c e s

Full r eg i s t ry s e rv i ce s w e r e in t ro ­

d u c e d at ( l o b a r a n d C i l g a n d r a by

C o u n c i l s , a l t h o u g h prac t i ca l d r i v i n g

tests a t e still eondt ic l e d bv p o l i c e

a n d R T A staff.

P h o t o l i c e n s i n g s e rv i ce s a r e n o w

ava i l ab le t h r o u g h (Counci l s at

B r e w a r r i n a , C o o n a m b l e , C e n t r a l

D a r l i n g . I . ach lan . Walge t t a n d

M A J O R W O R K S ( W e s t e r n R e g i o n )

W a r r e n . Polic e o f f e r p h o t o

l i c e n s i n g at C a r i n d a , C o l l a r e n e b r i ,

K n n g o n i a . G o o d o o g a . I v a n h o e .

L a k e C a r g c l l i g o . L i g h t n i n g R i d g e .

M e n i n c l e e . N v t n a g e e . P o o n c a i ic.

f i b o o b u r r a . T o t t e n h a m . I u l l i h i g c a l

and W a n a a r i n g .

l-.ighteen P o l i c e D r i v e r lest C e n t r e s

w e r e rcpl .u e d by an It i ne i .ni l

C u s t o m e r S e r v i c e O f f i c e r w h o

c o n d u c t s k n o w l e d g e a n d prac t ica l

d r i v i n g tests fo r al l classes o f l i c e n c e s

at B a r a d i n c . G r e n f e l l . N a r r o i n i n c .

Q u a n d i a l l a , T r u n d l e , B u r r e n

| I I m I i o n . ( i n la i gam h o n e . Peak 11 i l l .

I b o r a w e c n a h . T u l l a m o r c , D u n e d o o .

M i l l End , P i l l i g a . T r a n g i c .

T h i s s e r v i c e w i l l he fur ther e x t e n d e d

to r e m o t e a reas o f t he R e g i o n .

Parkes m o t o r r eg i s t ry was r e l o c a t e d to

b i g g e r p r e m i s e s . B r o k e n H i l l a n d

D i t b b o wi l l a l so be r e l o c a t e d .

S i l v e r C i t y H i g h w a y I S I IM VI H I t O S I; S i . t \ |

C O S T T O DATE: Sl.fiM 1990-91: S0.8M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : D E C E M B E R 1993

I he p a v e m e n t was w i d e n e d

I8.ti-20.7km west o f B u r o n g a at a cost

o l $0 .9M.

C a s t l e r e a g h H i g h w a y E S T I M A T E D COST: S3.7M C O S T T O D A T E : S2.9M 1990-91: S L I M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : N O V E M B E R 1991

A n e w b r i d g e a n d a p p r o a c h e s a r e

b e i n g b u i l t o v e r t h e B a r w o n R i v e r a t

E u m i n b a h , 8 . 0 k m n o r t h o f W a l g e t t , t o

r e p l a c e a n o l d t i m b e r b r i d g e o n a

p o o r a l i g n m e n t .

N e w e l l H i g h w a y F I N A L C O S T : $2M

1990-91: S2M

R e c o n s t r u c t i o n at D e a d B i r d L e a d

C r e e k , 25.8 '28.5km N o r t h o f Parkes .

F l o o d D a m a g e

S-I7M was spent r e p a i r i n g r o a d s

d a m a g e d by w i d e s p r e a d H o o d i n g in

t he A p r i l a n d Augus t 1900. Ex tens ive

d a m a g e was t aused to i h e r o a d

n e t w o r k , pa i lit ul.ii l\ in I he Sh i res ol

B o g a n ( N y n g a n ) . C o b a r . Forbes .

W a r r e n . N a r r o n i i n e a n d W e l l i n g t o n .

A mass ive r epa i i p r o g r a m had all but

r e s t o r e d t h e d a m a g e by 30 J u n e 1991,

w i th t he e x c e p t i o n o f s o m e m i n o i

s e a l i n g woi kv

N O R T H E R N R E G I O N

A r e a : 174,835sq k m

P o p u l a t i o n : 1.5 m i l l i o n

C l a s s i f i e d R o a d s : 9,393km

B u d g e t : S469 .7M

R e g i o n a l O f f i c e :

51-55 B o l t o n S t ree t

N e w c a s t l e

T e l : ( 0 4 9 ) 272 203

Fax: ( 0 4 9 ) 297 140

R o a d S a f e t y

Safe ty m e a s u r e s i n c l u d e d f o r m a t i o n

o f t he Port M a c q u a r i e P o l i c e Dis t r i c t

R o a d Sa fe ly C o m m i t t e e , t he

e s t ab l i shmen t o f T ' ruckalyser Bays at

C l e n c o c a n d C u r l e y o n the N e w e l l

H i g h w a y a n d a trial o f safety

t r e a t m e n t s o u t s i d e s c h o o l s .

J o i n t p o l i c c / R T A o p e r a t i o n s

m a d e r o a d s i d e c h e c k s o n

v e h i c l e r o a d w o r t h i n e s s .

E m e r g e n c y s t o p p i n g b e d s w e r e

p r o v i d e d o n the N e w E n g l a n d

H i g h w a y in t he M o o n b i Ranges ,

n o r t h o f I a m w o t t h , f o l l o w i n g

crashes i n v o l v i n g o u t - o f - c o n t r o l

hca\ \ vchi i les.

P l a n n i n g

W o r k o n an EIS l o r Pac i f ic H i g h w a y

i m p r o v e m e n t s n e a r N a m b u c c a H e a d s

b e g a n , d e v i a t i o n s o f t he P a c i f i c

H i g h w a y at E u n g a i a n d A l l g o m e r a ,

n o r t h o f K e m p s c y w e r e p r o g r a m m e d

a n d pub l i c c o m m e n t was sought to

h e l p p lan the r o u t e f o r a Pac i f i c

H i g h w a y bypass o f M a c k s v i l l c .

L a n d a c q u i s i t i o n s w e r e c a r r i e d out

lo r a n u m b e r of ' m a j o r p ro jec t s ,

i n c l u d i n g a b r i d g e o v e r t he N o t I h

A n n o f the C l a r e n c e R i v e r at M o t o t o

(59.0 km n o r t h of G r a f t o n o n the

Pac i f i c H i g h w a y ) . B a n g a l o w Bypass

(23 .2 — 26.2 k m n o r t h o f B a l l i n a o n

the Pac i f ic H i g h w a y ) , C h i n d e r a h

Bypass (97.1 — 99.6 k m n o r t h o f

B a l l i n a o n the Pac i f i c H i g h w a y )

and Pert vs H i l l D e v i a t i o n (8.5

11 km west o f B a l l i n a o n the

B r u x n e r H i g h w a y ) .

C o m e pi d e s i g n s w e r e c o m pi ( l e d fo r

t he $5 .5M C o w p e r D e v i a t i o n (21.0km

n o r t h o f G r a f t o n ) a n d the $ 8 . 2 M

M o t o t o B r i d g e o v e r the T w e e d Rive t

at Barneys P o i n t , par t o f the $ 4 5 M

C h i n d e r a h Bypass .

E x t e n s i v e c o m m u n i t y c o n s u l t a t i o n

M A J O R W O R K S ( N o r t h e r n R e g i o n )

was < .11 r i e d out for the C h i n d e i ah

Bypass, I In- S 2 0 M R a l e i g h D e v i a t i o n

and the ret o n s t r u c t i o n o l

S u m m e r l and Way (70.(5 — 7:5.:5 k m

nor th o l G r a f t o n ) .

R e g i s t r y S e r v i c e s

A new m o t o r r eg i s t ry was o p e n e d al

I h e E n t r a n c e in M a r c h 1091.

Reg i s t r i e s at G o s f o r d a n d

C o o n a b a r a b r a n w e r e m o v e d

to new p remise s .

C o u n c i l s a s sumed reg i s t ry turn l i o n s

al B a n a h a , D u n g o g . G l o u c e s t e r ,

Mai l ean . Q u i i i nd i . Wai t ha. Wai ialda

( Y a l l a r o i C o u n c i l ) a n d M e r r i w a .

F 3 S y d n e y - N e w c a s t l e F r e e w a y

a n d t h e P a c i f i c H i g h w a y

I his is a m a j o r touris t a n d

c o m i n c n ial l ink b e t w e e n Sydney,

N e w c a s t l e a n d Br i sbane . At its

s o u t h e r n e n d . t ra f f ic has l a r g e l y b e e n

c a t e r e d foi bv the h i g h s tandard F'.'5.

w h i c h c o n n e c t s Sydney wi th

Newt asi le a n d the H u n t e r Val ley.

T h e s ec t i ons o f t he F3 c u r r e n t l y

unde t ( o n s t r u c t i o n wi l l c o n n e c t to

the New E n g l a n d a n d Pac i f ic

H i g h w a y s v ia L e n a g h a n s D r i v e ,

fu r the r i m p r o v i n g safety, t ravel t i m e

a n d t r anspor t costs .

CD P a l m e r s R o a d

F I N A L C O S T : $ 3 0 M

1990-91: S8M

In Dei e m b e r 1990. a new s e c t i o n o f

the 1:5. neat F r e e m a n s W a l e r h o l e ,

I23.0-I27.0km n o r t h o f Sydney ,

and an i n t e r c h a n g e at I ' a lme i s

Roatl w e r e o p e n e d .

M A J O R W O R K S ( N o r t h e r n R e g i o n )

IH P a l m e r s R o a d t o L e n a g h a n s D r i v e E S T I M A T E D C O S T : S2I9M C O S T T O D A T E : $87M 1990-91: $5&3M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : L A T E 1993

I his p ro j ec t w i l l e x t e n d the F 3

a n o t h e r 19.0km n o r t h l i o i n

P a l m e r s R o a d t o L e n a g h a n s

D r i v e , nea r M i n m i .

P a c i f i c H i g h w a y

O n the Pac i f i c H i g h w a y , n o r t h

o f N e w c a s t l e , a m a j o r p r o g r a m

is u n d e r w a y to i m p r o v e r o a d

c o n d i t i o n s a n d safety.

[Tl R a y m o n d T e r r a c e t o K a r u a h

E S T I M A T E D C O S T : S5.2M C O S T T O DATE: S5.2M 1990-91: S5.1M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : E A R L Y 1992

W o r k ( o m m e n c e d o n fou r

o v e r t a k i n g lanes a n d e x t e n s i v e

p a v e m e n t r ehab i l i l a t i on .

FT! P o s s u m B r u s h D e v i a t i o n F I N A L C O S T : $7M

1990-91: $3.7M

N e w s i n g l e a n d d u a l c a r r i a g e w a y

sec t ions , i n c l u d i n g t w o new b r i d g e s ,

w e r e o p e n e d o n 19 A u g u s t 1991,

n o r t h o f N a b i a c .

H H e r o n s C r e e k D e v i a t i o n S t a g e 1

1 IN VI C O M : N I L , V I

1990-91: SIM

I he 8.0km p r o j e c t n e a r

Port M a c q u a r i e was o p e n e d in

D e c e m b e r 1990. r e p l a c i n g a w i n d i n g

s e c t i o n w i th a bad a< < i d e m

I E I O I d. It i n c l u d e d a f l y o v e r l o

carry O x l e y H i g h w a y t raff ic o v e r

I he Pac i f i c H i g h w a y .

m O ' S u l l i v a n s G a p

F I N A L C O S T : S1.9M

1990-91: $I.9M

I m p r o v e m e n t s to t he p a v e m e n t w e r e

c o m p l e t e d in May 1991.

[7J B e l l i m b o p i n n i F I N A L C O S T : S2.5M 1990-91: $23M

2.0km o f c o n c r e t e p a v e m e n t was

I O N S I I in led nor th o l k e m p s e v .

IB N e w p o r t s C r e e k E S T I M A T E D C O S T : 3.7M 1990-91: v I . VI

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : L A T E 1991

D u p l i c a t i o n o f a b r i d g e a m i

C o n s t r u c t i o n o f a s e c o n d ca r r i ageway .

2.r>-4.0ktn sou th o f G o l f s H a r b o u r ,

b e g a n in S e p t e m b e r 1990.

S C o f f s H a r b o u r E S T I M A T E D C O S T : S5.9M 1990-91: $2.2M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : M I D 1992

R e c o n s t r u c t i o n l o fou r lanes b e t w e e n

A r t h u r Street a n d J o r d a n s ( n e k .

'_'..") 1 I km n o r t h o f G o l f s H a r b o u r ,

began in Feb rua ry 1991.

M A J O R W O R K S ( N o r t h e r n R e g i o n )

[ioi K o r o r a t o S a p p h i r e G a r d e n s E S T I M A T E D C O S T : S4.4M

C O S T T O DATE: S2.9M

1990-91: S2.9M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : L A T E 1992

R e c o n s t r u c t i o n t o l o u r lanes .

I'd)-7.8km n o r t h o f G o l f s H a r b o u r ,

i n c l u d i n g d u p l i c a t i o n o f t h e b r i d g e

o v e r P i n e B iush G r e e k , b e g a n in

M a r c h 1090.

I'lUijii lltghuii\ nrnr Hulahttrl/ih.

(JJJ S w a n C r e e k D e v i a t i o n F I N A L C O S T : $S.9M

1990-91: S L I M

Dual c a r r i ageways s e p a r a t e d by a

c o m rete m e d i a n , 9.6-11.2km n o r t h o f

( . r a l t o n . wet <• c o m p l e t e d in

June 1991.

[izl B a n g a l o w B y p a s s E S T I M A T E D COST: $19M 1990-91: $2.1M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : L A T E 1993

Ear thworks began in A p r i l 1991,

23.2-26.2km nor th o f Ba l l i na .

ES T w e e d H e a d s B y p a s s

E S T I M A T E D COST: S51M C O S T T O D A T E : SI6.6M 1990-91: SI0.6M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : L A T E 1992

Twin b r i d g e s ove r G r e e n w a y Drive-

w e r e ( o i n p l c t c d at a cost o f S I . 2 M and

the first o l twin r o u n d a b o u t s in

K e n n e d y D r i v e was c o m p l e t e d in

M a r c h 1991 at a cost o f SO. 4 M .

14 n e w o v e r t a k i n g l a n e s w e r e

p r o v i d e d a l o n g t h e P a c i f i c H i g h w a y .

( P a c i f i c H i g h w a y s o u t h o f N e w c a s t l e )

ES K a r i o n g H i l l / W e s t G o s f o r d E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $53.2M

1990-91: S3.0M ( K A R I O N G H I L L )

$3.0M ( W E S T G O S F O R D )

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : 1993

( K A R I O N G H I L L )

( ons t ru i l i o n o l a IWO-lane

n o r t h b o u n d ( ai i iagewav b e t w e e n

K a r i o n g a n d B r i s b a n e W a t e r D r i v e .

Wes t G o s f o r d is p r o c e e d i n g a n d the

w i d e n i n g to fou r lanes b e t w e e n

Hi is b a n e Watc i D r i v e a n d H e l y Si ree l

is n e a r i n g c o m p l e l i o n .

EH S w a n s e a B e n d s D e v i a t i o n E S T I M A T E D C O S T : S2&8M C O S T T O D A T E : S I 5 3 M 1990-91: $6.4 M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : D E C E M B E R 1992

A I 0kin d u a l ca r r i ageway d e v i a t i o n

o f t h e P a c i f i c H i g h w a y nea i Swansea ,

south o l Newt astle, to e l i m i n a t e a

w i n d i n g s e c t i o n <>l r o a d .

M A J O R W O R K S ( N o r t h e r n R e g i o n )

N e w E n g l a n d H i g h w a y

This h ighway e x t e n d s f r o m H e x h a m ,

n e a r N e w c a s t l e t o t he Q u e e n s l a n d

h o l d e r , n e a r T e n t e r f i e l d , p r o v i d i n g

an i n l a n d , f l o o d l i c e r o u t e to

B r i s b a n e f r o m the F 3 Freeway.

E x i s t i n g m a i n t e n a n c e p r o g r a m s a r e

b e i n g eva lua t ed t o es tab l i sh a base

aga ins t w h i c h fu tu re p e r f o r m a n c e

wi l l be m e a s u r e d . I he e v a l u a t i o n

w i l l h e l p d e v e l o p strategy and

p r o c e d u r e s a n d e n a b l e the

i m p l i c a t i o n s o f f u n d i n g d e c i s i o n s

to be m o r e c l e a r l y a n t i c i p a t e d .

W h i t t i n g h a m

F I N A L C O S T : $3M 1990-91: $2JtM

P a v e m e n t s t r e n g t h e n i n g a n d

s h o u l d e r s e a l i n g was c o m p l e t e d to

i m p r o v e r i d i n g a n d safety, 2.0-5.0km

south o f S i n g l e t o n .

B e l f o r d a n d R a v e n s w o r t h E S T I M A T E D C O S T : S2.5M C O S T T O DATE: $1.4M 1990-91: SI .4M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : O C T O B E R 1991

R e h a b i l i t a t i o n c o m m e n c e d t o

p r o v i d e safer a n d s m o o t h e r I r a v e l l i n g

c o n d i t i o n s at B e l f o r d . 14.0km south

o f S i n g l e t o n a n d at R a v e n s w o r t h ,

17.0km n o r t h o f S i n g l e t o n .

5 5 . 1 - 5 7 . 2 k m n o r t h o f A r m i d a l e

F I N A L C O S T : $1-3M

1990-91: $0.03 M

S t r e n g t h e n i n g a n d w i d e n i n g w o r k

was c o m p l e t e d in July 1900.

7 9 . 5 - 8 l . 8 k m n o r t h o f A r m i d a l e E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $2 ,811 C O S T T O D A T E : $2.1M 1990-91: $1,711

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : N O V E M B E R 1991

R e c o n s t r u c t i o n w o r k , i n c l u d i n g a new

b r i d g e o v c i t he Great \<>i I hei I I

Railway l ine.

N o r t h G l e n c o e , 7 6 . 0 - 7 8 . 9 k m n o r t h o f

A r m i d a l e E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $I .9M C O S T T O DATE: S U M 1990-91: S0.9M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : J U N E 1992

P a v e m e n t s t r e n g t h e n i n g .

G l e n I n n e s

E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $4.4M

C O S T T O DATE: $4M

1990-91: SI.6M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : J U L Y 1991

P a v e m e n t s t r e n g t h e n i n g b e t w e e n

H e r o n and M e a d e St ree ts .

2 5 . 8 - 3 5 . 3 5 k m n o r t h o f G l e n I n n e s

E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $UM

C O S T T O DATE: $I.9M

1990-91: $I.7M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : 1993

R e h a b i l i l a t i o n of p a v e m e n t s .

7 7 . 0 - 7 9 . 4 k m n o r t h o f G l e n I n n e s

E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $2 Jt.M

1990-91: $I.2M

C O S T T O DATE: $1.6M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : M A R C H 1992 R e c o n s t r u c t i o n at B l u f f R o c k .

M A J O R W O R K S ( N o r t h e r n R e g i o n )

7 9 . 4 - 8 1 . 8 k m n o r t h o f G l e n I n n e s

F I N A L COSTS $I.9M

1990-91: $0.04 M

R e h a b i l i t a t i o n was c o m p l e t e d in

Dece rn he r 1990.

Xrw England Highway- through Monnhi Hangr.

N e w e l l H i g h w a y

R e h a b i l i t a t i o n 67.3-70.7 k m n o r t h o f

N a r r a b r i was c o m p l e l e d in D e c e m b e r

1990 at a cost o f $ 1 . 9 M .

R e c o n s t r u c t i o n ">.0-7.0 k m n o r t h o f

M o r e e . i n c l u d i n g a b r i d g e o v e r

Y a r r a m a n causeways, s tar ted in 1990

and is e x p e c t e d to f in ish in 1991 at a

cost o f S I . 4 M .

R e h a b i l i t a t i o n and r e c o n s t r u c t i o n

w o r k b e t w e e n B o g a b i l l a a n d

C u o n d i w i n d i , i n c l u d i n g new b r i d g e s

o v e r the M a c i n l y r e Rivet a n d F l o o d

(Channel , a r e ex pec l e d t o be

c o m p l e t e d in I'lO'J at a total cost o f

$ 5 . 9 M . Fu r the r w o r k s o n this r o u t e

a r e d e s c r i b e d unde r S o u t h e r n R e g i o n

o n p a g e 67.

N e w c a s t l e I n n e r C i t y B y p a s s

F.STIMATF.D C O S T : $50.SM

C O S T T O D A T E : $32.4M

1990-91: $145M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : M I D 1993

Dual ca r r i ageways a n d r o u n d a b o u t s

b e t w e e n N e w c a s t l e R o a d a n d

S a n d g a t c R o a d wi l l f o r m par i o f a

h i g h c a p a c i t y r i n g r o a d lO.Oktn west

o f N e w c a s t l e .

O x l e y H i g h w a y

F I N A L C O S T : $3.6M

1990-91: S1.6M

R e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f the O x l e y

H i g h w a y b e t w e e n H i n d m a n Si r ee l

a n d F e m h i l l R o a d . Port M a c c p i a r i c

was c o m p l e t e d in J u n e 1991.

p r o v i d i n g d u a l c a r r i a g e w a y s a n d

r o u n d . i b o u t s at t w o i n t e r s e c t i o n s .

B r u x n e r H i g h w a y

L i s m o r e F I N A L C O S T : S U M

1990-91: $0.2M

D i v i d e d c a r r i a g e w a y s b e t w e e n

F l o l l i n g s w o r t h G r e e k a n d I h u e

C h a i n R o a d . S o u t h L i s m o r e . w e r e

c o m p l e l e d in D e c e m b e r 1990.

M A J O R W O R K S ( N o r t h e r n R e g i o n a l

B a l l i n a C u t t i n g F I N A L C O S T : S3.7M

1990-91: $03M

A new K C t i o n o f r o a d wi th a d d i t i o n a l

o v e r t a k i n g o p p o i l i m i t ics, 5.7-8.8km

west o l Ba l l i na . was o p e n e d in

D e i e m b e r 1990.

P e r r y s H i l l D e v i a t i o n

E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $4M

1990-91: SI .7M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : L A T E 1992

R e c o n s t r u c t i o n 8.5-11.0km west o f

B a l l i n a s tar ted in O c t o b e r 1990.

G o o n e l l a b a h

E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $3.4M

1990-91: $1M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : E A R L Y 1992

W o r k b e g a n in February 1991 o n the

r e c o n s t r u c t i o n a n d p r o v i s i o n o f

d i v i d e d d u a l c a r r i a g e w a y s b e t w e e n

Rous R o a d a n d K a d i u a Street ( S t a g e 1

— R o u s R o a d to I . o n i b a r d o s C o i n e r ) .

G w y t l i r H i g h w a y G r e e n b a h C r e e k E S T I M A T E D C O S T : S3.4M

C O S T T O DATE: $2.2M

1990-91: S1.2M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : J U N E 1992

R e c o n s t r u c t i o n 7.7-9.lkm west o f

M o r e e , i n c l u d i n g a new b r i d g e .

M e h i R i v e r E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $2&3M C O S T T O D A T E : $I4.4M 1990-91: S5M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : D E C E M B E R 1995

Ret o n s t r u c t i o n w o r k 80.8 124.5km

west o f M o r e e . i n c l u d i n g a n e w b r i d g e

o v e r the M e h i R ive r .

W y o n g R o a d

F I N A L C O S T : S17.4M

1990-91: SI2M

W i d e n i n g t o f o u r l anes b e t w e e n

Be rke l ey R o a d a n d P i n d a r r i A v e n u e ,

a n d b e t w e e n B r o o k e A v e n u e a n d I be

E n t r a n c e R o a d . 6.0-7.()km west o f T h e

En t rance , was c o m p l e t e d in May 1991.

M u l b r i n g — C e s s n o c k B r a n x t o n R o a d E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $9M C O S T T O DATE: $4.7M 1990-91: S3.4M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : J U N E 1992

S o m e Uti.Okm o f this r o a d f o r m s a l ink

b e t w e e n the FS F r e e w a y ai F r e e m a n !

W a l e i h o l e a n d the N e w E n g l a n d

H i g h w a y at B r a n x t o n . M a j o r

i m p r o v e m e n t ! i n c l u d e r e c o n s t r u c t i o n

o f A l l a n d a l e R o a d at C e s s n o c k a n d

r e h a b i l i t a t i o n w o r k at Kears lcy .

A b e r d a r e . N u l k a b a . P o k o l b i n a n d

N o r t h R o t h b u i v.

F r e e m a n s W a t e r h o l e —

K u r r i - K u r r i - B e r e s f i e l d

The- R T A m a i n t a i n s 31.0km o f r o a d s

in C e s s n o c k w h i c h act as a t e m p o r a r y

r o u t e b e t w e e n the F3 F r e e w a y ai

F r e e m a n s W a t e r h o l e a n d i h e Pac i f ic

H i g h w a y at H e x h a m . R e a l i g n m e n t o f

the p r e v i o u s l y f l o o d - p r o n e r o a d

1.0-5.0 k m south o f K i i r r i - K u r r i . was

c o m p l e t e d at a cost o f $5 .0M a n d a

S0.6M i > H I in l.i I" mi was built at the

i n t e r s e c t i o n o f Railway a n d V i c t o r i a

St ree ts , K u r r i - K u r r i . T h i s i n t e r s e c t i o n

had a p o o r a c c i d e n t r e c o r d a n d

caused substant ia l de l ays d u r i n g

ho l iday p e r i o d s .

L e y c e s t e r C r e e k B r i d g e

F I N A L COST: S0.25M

1990-91: $0.24M

R e s t o r a t i o n o f this 84 y e a r o l d

L i s m o r e b r i d g e was c o m p l e t e d in

J u n e 1991.

M A J O R W O R K S ( N o r t h e r n R e g i o n )

M c K e n z i e s C r o s s i n g B r i d g e F I N A L C O S T : S1.7M 1990-91: $1_3M

T h e M c K e n z i e s C r o s s i n g B r i d g e o v e r

the O x l e y R i v e r at F.ungella. 12.2km

wesi ol M m v. i l ium bah. on i i i < •

M u r w i l l u m b a h / T y a l g u n i R o a d , was

w a s h e d away in t he A p r i l 1089 H o o d s .

A f t e r d i scuss ions w i th l oca l r e s iden t s ,

p ro jec t costs w e r e m i n i m i s e d a n d an

at ( e p t a b l e f l o o d f ree s t ruc ture was

c o m p l e t e d in June 1991.

R o l a n d s C r e e k F I N A L C O S T : $08M

1990-91: $0.8M

C o n s t r u c t i o n o f a new b r i d g e a n d

a p p r o a c h e s o v e r R o l a n d s C r e e k al

I ' k l , lb .5km west of M m w i l l u m b a h o n

the M m w i l l u m b a h / K y o g l e R o a d was

c o m p l e t e d in F e b r u a r y 1991.

McKenzies Crossing 'triage over the Oxley River at h'.ungella.

S O U T H E R N R E G I O N

A r e a : 200.000.sq km

P o p u l a t i o n : 760,000

C l a s s i f i e d R o a d s : 10,677km

B u d g e t : SS60M R e g i o n a l O f f i c e :

SO K e n n y S t ree t

W o l l n n g o n g

T e l : ( 0 4 2 ) 26 1933

Fax: ( 0 4 2 ) 2 6 1701

R o a d S a f e t y

S o m e o f 1 l ie heav ies t s n o w fal ls

r e c o r d e d in 30 years in Ju ly 1990

kep i r o a d c rews w o r k i n g

2 1 h o u i s a da\ i leal ing i h e S n o w )

M o u n t a i n s I l ighway.

Bievi Ic sal el \ a u d i he u eai ing o l

h e l m e t s was p r o m o t e d al s c h o o l s a n d

a g r i c u l t u r a l shows, i n c l u d i n g the 75th

A n n i v e r s a r y o f Cub /Scou t s in

Aus t r a l i a , w h i c h a t t r ac ted m o r e than

10,000 c h i l d r e n .

A r o a d safety a w a r e n e s s c a m p a i g n fo r

I l l awar ra a n d the S o u t h Fast o f t he

State was l a u n c h e d in June 1991,

f o l l o w i n g a r i se in fatal a c c i d e n t s in

bo th areas. I he c a m p a i g n f o c u s e d o n

d r i v e r awareness , f a t igue , s p e e d i n g ,

a n d d r i v i n g u n d e r t he i n f l u e n c e o f

d r u g s o r a l c o h o l .

C o m b i n e d p o l i c e / R T A o p e r a t i o n s

c h e c k e d v e h i c l e s f o r r o a d w o r t h i n e s s .

T r a f f i c i m p r o v e m e n t s c o n t i n u e d in

A l b u r y , Q u e a n b e y a n , W a g g a W a g g a .

( i o u l b u r n a n d W o l l o n g o n g . w i th

e m p h a s i s o n r o u n d a b o u t s a n d

t raff ic s ignals .

P l a n n i n g

O v e r v i e w r e p o r t s o n the M o n a r o ,

C o b b a n d N e w e l l H i g h w a y s w e r e

i o m p l e i e d . T h e s e o u t l i n e the

s t ra tegy f o r i m p r o v i n g t h e s e

rou tes o v e r t he next 10 years ,

es tabl ish c u r r e n t a n d fu tu re

t ra f f ic pa t t e rns a n d i d e n t i f y

fu tu re f u n d i n g needs .

R e g i s t r y S e r v i c e s

N a r r a n d e r a , Wes t W y a l o n g a n d

M i u a g o n g m o t o r r e g i s t r i e s w e r e

r e l o c a t e d to new p r e m i s e s .

Business hours w e r e e x t e n d e d at

seven r eg i s t r i e s a n d Sa tu rday

m o r n i n g t r a d i n g was i n t r o d u c e d lot

a t r ia l p e r i o d at W o l l o n g o n g ' s

C i t y L i n k M o t o r Regis t ry .

F i v e L o c a l C o u n c i l s a r e a g e n t s f o r

v e h i c l e r e g i s t r a t i o n a n d l i c e n s i n g

se rv ices r e s iden t s in i so l a t ed areas .

H u m e H i g h w a y

T h e H u m e H i g h w a y f o r m s the m a j o r

l ink b e t w e e n Sydney , C a n b e r r a a n d

M e l b o u r n e a n d i n c o r p o r a t e s s ec t i ons

o f the F 5 S o u t h W e s t e r n Freeway.

A n u m b e r o f m a j o r p ro j ec t s a re

u n d e r w a y o n the N S W ' sec t ion to

i m p r o v e safety a n d travel t imes .

m M i t t a g o n g B y p a s s E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $973M C O S T T O DATE: $51.2M 1990-91: S26.8M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : D E C E M B E R 1992

T h i s 8 . 5 k m p ro j ec t is the f ina l l ink in

p r o v i d i n g IbO.Okm o f d u a l c a r r i a g e w a y

f r o m L i v e r p o o l to G o u l b u r n .

T h e H e a v y V e h i c l e I n s p e c t i o n

S t a t i o n o n t h e H u m e H i g h w a y a t

M a r u l e n c h e c k e d o v e r 9 0 0 , 0 0 0

h e a v y v e h i c l e s f o r w e i g h t ,

m e c h a n i c a l c o n d i t i o n a n d l o g

b o o k s . M o b i l e i n s p e c t i o n t e a m s

c a r r i e d o u t r o a d s i d e c h e c k s o f

h e a v y v e h i c l e s o n o t h e r r o u t e s .

M A J O R W O R K S ( S o u t h e r n R e g i o n )

M A J O R W O R K S ( S o u t h e r n R e g i o n )

r X J G o u l b u r n B y p a s s E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $99M C O S T T O DATE: $41M 1990-91: $28.1M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : J U N E 1993

T h e By pass wi l l i m p r o v e r o a d safety

a n d i h e e n v i r o n m e n l o f ' G o u l b u r n by

r e m o v i n g t h r o u g h t ra f f ic , par t icular ly

heavy vehi i l i s . f rom i h e husv

c o m m e r c i a l cen t r e .

LX1 C u l l a r i n R a n g e D e v i a t i o n

E S T I M A T E D C O S T : S 1 5 I J M

C O S T T O DATE: $4S.4M

1990-91: $31.9M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : J U N E 1994

T h e 32 .0km d e v i a t i o n is t he largest

p ro j ec t u n d e r t a k e n o n the H u m e a n d

wi l l i m p r o v e r o a d safely by

e l i m i n a t i n g a subs tandard 35 .4km of

H i g h w a y , t he s c e n e o f m a n y a c c i d e n t s

i n v o l v i n g h e a v y v e h i c l e s .

rjj Y a s s B y p a s s E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $1I9.3M ( E X C L U D I N G B A R T O N H I G H W A Y C O N N E C T I O N ) C O S T T O D A T E : $6.6M 1990-91: $4.7M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : J U N E 1995

A 10.0km four - l ane c o n c r e t e d i v i d e d

c a r r i a g e w a y to t he wesl of Yass. T w i n

b r i d g e s o v e r the m a i n S o u t h e r n

Ra i lway at Yass J u n c t i o n w e r e

c o m p l e t e d .

[ 3 C o p p a b e l l a R o a d a n d

R e e d y C r e e k , 3 8 . 0 k m s o u t h o f Y a s s E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $36.7.M C O S T T O D A T E : $1&8M 1990-91: $7JtM

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : F E B R U A R Y 1992

10.0km o f d u a l c a r r i a g e w a y s w i l l

r e d u c e t ravel t i m e , i n c r e a s e

o v e r t a k i n g o p p o r t u n i t i e s a n d

e n h a n c e r o a d safety.

\S C o m a t a w a C r e e k , 3 . 0 - 7 . 0 k m

s o u t h o f T a r c u t t a

F I N A L C O S T : $6.6M

1990-91: $4 M

A 4.0km s o u t h b o u n d c a r r i a g e w a y is

s c h e d u l e d f o r c o m p l c t ion in Augus t

1991, i n c l u d i n g a new b r i d g e o v e r

C o m a t a w a C r e e k .

E E H o l b r o o k F I N A L C O S T : $2.4M 1990 9I:$1.9M

W i d e n i n g o f Ten M i l e G r e e k b r i d g e I

c o n n e c t t he e x i s t i n g fou r l a n e

c o n d i t i o n s t h r o u g h the t o w n was

o p e n e d t o t raff ic in June 1991.

M A J O R W O R K S ( S o u t h e r n R e g i o n )

I B A l b u r y I n t e r n a l B y p a s s ( 3 x 3 )

E S T I M A T E D C O S T : S28.9M ( P H A S E I . STAGE I ) 1990-91: $2.6M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : M A R C H 1996

W o r k c o m m e n c e d i<> p r o v i d e s i n g l e

ca r r i ageway , t w o l ane c o n d i t i o n s

b e t w e e n T h u r g o o n a Di ive a n d

B o r e l l a R o a d , w h i c h w i l l r e m o v e

t h r o u g h t raff ic f r o m s o m e o l the

n o r t h e r n r e s i d e n t i a l a n d c o m m e r c i a l

a reas o f A l b u r y .

5 ] Y o u n g S t r e e t , A l b u r y ( 3 x 3 )

E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $7.2M

1990-91: si S M E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N :

S E P T E M B E R 1992

U p g r a d i n g o f the h ighway in

A l b u r y ( Y o u n g S t r e e t ) , b e t w e e n

( l i s p a n d H u m e Stree ts , c o m m e n c e d .

It i n v o l v e s c o n c r e t e p a v i n g a n d

w i d e n i n g at s e l e c t e d l o c a t i o n s

l o i m p r o v e t ra f f ic f low, r i d e

qua l i ty a n d safely.

F e d e r a l H i g h w a y

I his N a t i o n a l H i g h w a y l inks

C a n b e r r a w i th the H u m e H i g h w a y

sou th o f C o u l h u r n .

P a v e m e n t r e s to ra t ion w o r k s c o s t i n g

S l . t iM w e r e u n d e r t a k e n just sou th o f

the H u m e 1 l ighway i n t e r c h a n g e as

par t o f a c o n t i n u i n g p r o g r a m to

m a i n t a i n the h ighway to a h i g h

s t anda rd t o cater fo r heavy v e h i c l e

l oads a n d i n c r e a s i n g t raff ic v o l u m e s .

F6, Yallah to Albion I'ark

B a r t o n H i g h w a y

I he B a r t o n H i g h w a y l inks C a n b e r r a

u nli the H u m e H i g h w a y nea r Yass.

P l a n n i n g f o r a c o n n e c t i o n to t he

pi o p o s e d Yass By pass was the stibjce l

ol ,in F.IS, w h i c h was p lacer ! o n public

e x h i b i t i o n . A d e t e r m i n a t i o n o l the

new r o u t e o f the h ighway ex p e t t e d in

S e p t e m b e r 1991.

P r i n c e s H i g h w a y

T h i s s o u t h e r n r o u t e l inks Sydney a n d

M e l b o t i i ne via the coas t a n d i n c l u d e s

s e c t i o n s o f t he F6 S o u t h e r n Freeway,

rjj Y a l l a h t o A l b i o n P a r k

F I N A L C O S T : SI5.4M

1990-91: $3.6M

W i d e n i n g to fou r l anes f r o m the

junc l i o n w i th t he F6 at Y a l l a h .

s o u t h w a r d s in the I l l awar ra H i g h w a y

at A l b i o n Park Rai l was c o m p l e t e d ,

int b i d i n g a b r i d g e o v e r M a c q u a r i e

R ivu le t a n d a r o u n d a b o u t at t he

I l l awarra H i g h w a y j u n c t i o n .

M A J O R W O R K S ( S o u t h e r n R e g i o n )

[ E B o m a d e r r y ( 3 x 3 ) E S T I M A T E D COST: S U M C O S T T O D A T E : $3.7M 1990-91: $3.2M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : D E C E M B E R 1993

U p g r a d i n g b e t w e e n C a i n b c w a n a

R o a d a n d B o l o n g R o a d l o i m p r o v e

traffic How a n d safely.

(XJ L u n c h e o n C r e e k ( 3 x 3 )

F I N A L C O S T : $4.7M

1990-91: S3.2M

R e c o n s t r u c t i o n b e t w e e n L u n c h e o n

( u c k .mil B c n d a l o n g tut n off, south

o f N o w r a , was o p e n e d l o traffic in

J u n e 1001, p r o v i d i n g i n c r e a s e d

o v e r t a k i n g o p p o r t u n i t i e s a n d

improving safety.

[ L Ya t t e Ya t t ah

F I N A L C O S T : S7.8M

1990-91: S1.2M

U p g r a d i n g o f 3.5km. w i th new b r i d g e s

o v e r Y a k u n g a r a h a n d C u r r o w a r

C r e e k s n o r t h o l M i l t o n , was o p e n e d

l o t ra f f ic in S e p t e m b e r 1000. T h e

p ro j e i i i n c l u d e d a n o r t h b o u n d

o v e r t a k i n g l ane a n d i m p r o v e m e n t s at

the L a k e C o n j o l a turn-off . It

e l i m i n a t e d a p o o r s e c t i o n o f w i n d i n g

t o a d wi th t w o n a r r o w t i m b e r b r i d g e s

w h i c h w e r e subject to H o o d i n g .

U ] Reedy C r e e k ( 3 x 3 )

F I N A L C O S T : $23M

1990-91: $IJ*M

A new b r i d g e a n d a p p r o a c h e s w e r e

o p e n e d in M a r c h 1991, p r o v i d i n g

o v e r t a k i n g o p p o r t u n i t i e s a n d

e l i m i n a t i n g an o l d . n a r r o w b r i d g e

nea r T e r m e d .

C B T i l b a T i l b a Deviat ion

F I N A L C O S T : $5M

1990-91: S0.9M

O p e n e d o n 31 A u g u s t 1990. this

projc< I e l i m i n a t e d a nar row, w i n d i n g ,

subs tandard s e c t i o n o f h ighway a n d

b\ passes the h i s to r i ca l v i l l a g e s o f

C e n t r a l T i l b a a n d T i lba T i l b a .

M A J 0 R W O R K S ( S o u t h e r n R e g i o n )

03 W o l u m l a l o Y e l l o w P i n c h ( 3 x 3 ) E S T I M A T E D C O S T : S9.2M

1990-91: SI.8M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N :

D E C E M B E R 199:1

A r e c o n s t r u c t i o n p ro jec t c o m m e n c e d

to e l i m i n a t e a nar row, w h i d i n g

sec t ion o l t o a d south o l B c g a .

[J] M e r i m h u l a B y p a s s ( s t a g e 2 )

E S T I M A T E D C O S T : S 6 J M

1990-91: $0J M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N :

D E C E M B E R 1991

C o n s t r u c t i o n began in N o v e m b e r

1990. T h e bypass wi l l r e m o v e

t h r o u g h I r a f f it f r o m the c e n t r e o f

Met i inbu la . r e d u c e n a v e l t imes

a n d i m p r o v e r o a d safety.

N e w e l l H i g h w a y

1 he m a i n n o r t h south i n l a n d

route , the N e w e l l H i g h w a y runs

f r o m T o c u m w a l o n the V i c t o r i a n

b o r d e r to B o g g a b i l l a o n the

Q u e e n s l a n d borde r , pass ing t h r o u g h

N a r r a n d e r r a , Parkes, D u b b o a n d

M o r e e . Heavy v e h i c l e s t r a v e l l i n g

b e t w e e n M e l b o u r n e a n d B r i s b a n e

c o m p r i s e up to o n e t h i rd o l

t ra f f ic o n the highway.

Pavemen t r e s t o r a t i o n b e g a n

4.8 -8.9km n o r t h o f I b c u m w a l a n d

was c o m p l e t e d 4.0 7.0km sou th o f

N a r r a n d e r r a in Feb rua ry 1991.

At M a r s d e n , a new b r i d g e a n d

a p p r o a c h e s ovet B l a n d C r e e k was

o p e n e d in February 1001. r e p l a c i n g

an o l d , na r row t i m b e r b r i d g e .

F u r t h e r win ks on this route a r e d e s c r i b e d

u n d e r N o r t h e r n R e g i o n o n p a g e .V . I .

I l l a w a r r a H i g h w a y 1 IN \ l ( O S I : S 7 M 1990-91: S3.5M

U p g r a d i n g 4.0km o f h ighway west o f

R o b e r t s o n was c o m p l e t e d in

D e i e m b e r 1000. e l i m i n a t ing a

subs t anda rd s e c t i o n o f w i n d i n g r o a d .

M o n a r o H i g h w a y

G e n o a R i v e r

F I N A L C O S T : $3.4M

1990-91: S0.4M

M a j o r c o n s t r u c t i o n 20.0km south o f

B o m b a l a . i n c l u d i n g a 7tim b r i d g e

o v e r the G e n o a River , was o p e n e d in

May 1001, e l i m i n a t i n g a subs tandard

s e c t i o n o f r o a d a n d a n a r r o w b r i d g e .

H o p p i n g J o e C r e e k

E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $3M 1990-91: S0.5M E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : M A R C H 1992

R e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f 2.0km o f h ighway

a n d a new b r i d g e .

M A J O R W O R K S ( S o u t h e r n R e g i o n )

C o b b H i g h w a y

Echuca

E S T I M A T E D C O S T : S33M C O S T T O DATE: $1.6M 1990-91: $ I M E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : J U N E 1995

R e f u r b i s h i n g o f t h e b r i d g e o v e r t h e

M u r r a y R i v e r ( b u i l i i n 1 8 7 8 )

c o n t i n u e d w i t h c o m p l e t i o n o f a n e w

c y c l e w a y / f o o t w a y a n d r e i n s t a t e m e n t

o f t h e a r c h e s .

H a y to Ivanhoe ( 3 x 3 ) E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $8.4M C O S T T O DATE: S2.2M

1990-91: S I M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : J U N E 1997

R e c o n s t r u c t i o n a n d s e a l i n g t o

p r o v i d e a l l - w e a t h e r a c c e s s c o n t i n u e d

w i t h b i l u m e n s u r f a c i n g e x t e n d e d t o

l ( > . 8 k n i n o r t h o f B o o l i g a l .

W i l l a n d r a C r e e k ( 3 x 3 ) F I N A L C O S T : $2.8M 1990-91: SI .7M

Six new b r i d g e s a n d a p p r o a c h e s o v e r

t he c r e e k a n d f l o o d p l a i n , 39.0km

south o f I v a n h o e , w e r e c o m p l e t e d in

June 1991. r e p l a c i n g fou r o l d , n a r r o w

t i m b e r b r i d g e s a n d t w o causeways.

O l y m p i c W a y

W a g g a W a g g a

E S T I M A T E D C O S T : S383M 1990-91: S0.4M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : J U N E 1996

G o b b o D e v i a t i o n wi l l p r o v i d e

f l o o d f ree access t o W a g g a W a g g a

f r o m the n o r t h .

W o m b a t ( 3 x 3 )

E S T I M A T E D C O S T : S0.6M

1990-91: S0.8M

M a j o r r e c o n s t r u c t i o n c o m m e n c e d

in O c t o b e r 1990 to e l i m i n a t e a

subs tandard sc< l i o n o f r o a d .

R e s t o r a t i o n was c a r r i e d ou t o n m a n y

sec t i ons o f t he r o u t e d a m a g e d by

H o o d s , p a r t i c u l a r l y b e t w e e n

C o o l a m u n d r a a n d Y o u n g .

P i c t o n / M o u n t O u s l e y R o a d I n t e r c h a n g e

F I N A L C O S T : S9.5M

1990-91: S3M

P r o v i d e s an o v e r p a s s f o r s o u t h b o u n d

t raff ic us ing P i c t o n R o a d , a heavy

c o a l h a u l a g e rou te .

A p p i n R o a d

E S T I M A T E D C O S T : S4.5M

1990-91: S0.4M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : J U N E 1992

W o r k b e g a n l o e l i m i n a t e a se r i e s

o f bends , w h i c h have b e e n the

scene o f m a n y a c c i d e n t s , 10.0km

west o f Bul l i fops .

M A J O R W O R K S ( S o u t h e r n R e g i o n )

M o u n t O u s l e y R o a d

B e l l a m b i C r e e k D e v i a t i o n ( 3 x 3 ) E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $125M C O S T T O DATE: $6.4M 1990-91: $3.2M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : A P R I L 1992

W o r k t o e l i m i n a t e t w o subs tandard

b e n d s sou th o f Bul l i T o p s .

O n the s t eep d o w n h i l l s e c t i o n o f t h e

e s c a r p m e n t , an e m e r g e n c y s l o p p i n g

b e d fo r runaway t rucks was

c o m p l e l e d in Augus t 1991.

T h e K i n g s H i g h w a y

N e l l i g e n ( 3 x 3 )

F I N A L C O S T : $1.2M

1990-91: $0.7M

A 3 . 0km s e c t i o n i m m e d i a t e l y west o f

N e l l i g e n was w i d e n e d t o p r o v i d e

o v e r t a k i n g o p p o r t u n i t i e s .

C a b b a g e T r e e C r e e k ( 3 x 3 ) E S T I M A T E D C O S T : $0.9M 1990-91: $0.6M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N : N O V E M B E R 1991

C o n s t r u c t i o n o f o v e r t a k i n g l a n e at

C a b b a g e f ree C r e e k . 24.0km west o f

Bale tnans Bav.

M u l l o o n C r e e k

E S T I M A T E D COST: S U M

1990-91: S0.2M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N :

D E C E M B E R 1992

R e c o n s t r u c t i o n c o m m e n c e d o f a

d e t e r i o r a t i n g sec t ion o f r o a d west o f

the e x i s t i n g narrow t i m b e r b r i d g e .

C o n s t r u c t i o n o f a new b r i d g e is

s c h e d u l e d to c o m m e n c e la te 1991.

B u n g e n d o r e ( 3 x 3 )

E S T I M A T E D COST: SI .2M C O S T T O D A T E : $ I M 1990-91: S0.4M

ESTIMATFTJ C O M P L E T I O N : J U N E 1992

R e c o n s t r u c t i o n across the f l o o d p l a i n

")0.0km west o f B r a i d w o o d .

N o r t h e r n W o l l o n g o n g S u b u r b s

D i s t r i b u t o r ( 3 x 3 )

E S T I M A T E D C O S T : S46.6M

C O S T T O D A T E : $32.1M

19911-91: S6M

E S T I M A T E D C O M P L E T I O N :

D E C E M B E R 1993

T h e s e c t i o n f r o m N o r t h W o l l o n g o n g

to I b w r a d g i R o a d was o p e n e d to

t raff ic in O c t o b e r 1990. T h e s e c o n d

stage f r o m T o w r a d g i R o a d t o

B e l l a m b i L a n e is o n s c h e d u l e fo r

c o m p l e t i o n in D e c e m b e r 1993,

a l t h o u g h the s o u t h b o u n d c a r r i a g e w a y

is p l a n n e d t o b e o p e n e d t o t ra f f ic in

D e c e m b e r 1992. W h e n c o m p l e l e d ,

t he D i s t r i b u t o r w i l l p r o v i d e m u c h

n e e d e d r e l i e f to t he bus iness c e n t r e s

o f Fa i ry M e a d o w a n d C o r r i m a l

by r e m o v i n g t h r o u g h t raff ic ,

p a r t i c u l a r l y c o a l t rucks, f r o m

the P r i n c e s H i g h w a y .

F I G H T I N G C O R R U P T I O N

D r i v e r L i c e n s i n g

In 1989-90 the I n d e p e n d e n t

C o m m i s s i o n A g a i n s t C o r r u p t i o n

( I C A C ) c o n d u c t e d an e x t e n s i v e

i n v e s t i g a t i o n i n t o d r i v e r l i c ens ing ,

w h i c h r e v e a l e d c o r r u p t beh . iv iou i l>\

s o m e R I A e m p l o y e e s a n d a n u m b e r

o f d r i v i n g instrut tors.

D m ing the last t w o years, the R T A has

d o n e m u c h to i m p r o v e the d r i v e r

l i c e n s i n g aspec t o f its o p e r a t i o n s ,

p a r t i c u l a r ! ) w i th the d e v e l o p m e n t o f

D R I V F . S ( s ee p a g e 2 4 ) .

( > t h c r i n i t i a t i ves i n c l u d e m o r e

si r i n g e n t p r o o f o f - i d e m ity

r e q u i r e m e n t s , the i n t r o d u c t i o n o f

p h o t o l icenses , c o m p u t e r i s e d d r i v e r

lu e n c e k n o w l e d g e tests in va r ious

l a n g u a g e s , a n d a D r i v e r Test

I n f o r m a t i o n Sys tem w h i c h closely

m o n i t o r s the p e r f o r m a n c e o f d r i v e r

e x a m i n e r s , d r h ing insti u< toi s a n d

d r i v i n g s c h o o l s .

T h e I C A C u p o n o n its inqui ry l e d to

a C o r r u p t i o n P r e v e n t i o n p r o j e c t , in

w h i c h the I C A C a n d the R T A w o r k e d

c losely to ident i fy any system

d e l i i ieni ies w h i c h m i g h t a l l ow

o p p o r t u n i t i e s fo r < o n u p t i o n

I Ins p ro j ec t i d e n t i f i e d the n e e d fo r

e v e n I i g h t e r securi ty w i t h o u t l o s i n g

d i n i e iuv 0 1 m a k i n g p r o c e d u r e s

m o r e c u i n b e r s o n e .

R e c o m m e n d a t i o n s i n c l u d e d

s t r e a m l i n i n g f o r m s a n d p r o c e d u r e s

a n d m i n i m i s i n g the d i s a d v a n t a g e s

sul lei eel li\ l hose w 11 Ii I ngl ish

l a n g u a g e d i f f i c u l t i e s .

Many o f t he r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s have

b e e n i m p l e m e n t e d a n d ol hers a re

b e i n g e v a l u a t e d .

R e l e a s e o f I n f o r m a t i o n

In N o v e m b e r 1990 the I n d e p e n d e n t

C o m m i s s i o n Aga ins t C o r r u p t i o n

( I C A C ) b e g a n an i n q u i r y i n to

the u n a u t h o r i s e d r e l ease ol

o f f i c i a l a n d c o n f i d e n t i a l i n f o r m a t i o n

h e l d by p u b l i c a u l h o i i l i es a n d

G o v e r n incut d e p a r t m e n t s .

The i n q u i r y r e v e a l e d that a n u m b e r

o f R T A e m p l o y e e s w e r e e n g a g e d in

u n a u t h o r i s e d r e l e a s e o f c o n f i d e n t i a l

d r i v e r l i c e n c e a n d v e h i c l e

r e g i s t r a t i o n i n f o r m a t i o n in r e t u r n f o r

p a ) m en I. T h i s in f o r m a l i on was

c o m m e n ially v a l u a b l e to p r i v a t e

i n q u i r y agents , m e r c a n t i l e a g c n i s a m i

o t h e r c o m m e r c i a l o r g a n i s a t i o n s w i th

an interes t in o b t a i n i n g c u r r e n t

addresses o f p e o p l e fo r a va r i e t y o f

p u r p o s e s , i n c l u d i n g d e b t c o l l e c t i o n .

T h i r t e e n cur ren t e m p l o y e e s have

a d m i t t e d b e f o r e the C o m m i s s i o n to

h a v i n g sold R T A i n f o r m a t i o n . Four

f o r m e r e m p l o y e e s a l so a d m i t t e d

s e l l i n g o f f i c i a l i n f o r m a t i o n w h e n they

w e r e e m p l o y e d by the A u t h o r i t y . A

total o f 19 cu r r en t e m p l o y e e s have

b e e n c a l l e d to g i v e e v i d e n c e b e f o r e

the C o m m i s s i o n in ib i s inqui ry .

P u b l i c h e a r i n g s w e r e c o n d u c t e d o n a

d a i l y basis f r o m la te N o v e m b e r 1090

F I G H T I N G C O R R U P T I O N

until late Ma) 1 9 9 1 . S o m e fufthei

|)iihli( hearings have been conducted

since then at irregular intervals.

A Final report by Assistant

C o m m i s s i o n e r Roden may be

released by the end of 1 9 9 1 .

A B C reporter, N O N E E W A L S H , sal

through most ol ihe p u b l i c hearing.

I h i s is her story.

there's something about the wind

rorru/ilion which is 'big'. O n e usually has alt

iinptcssion ol people in high plat is.

tin ision makers, oi people « i th potvei

being p.ntl In those who waul lo tut lease

their profits.

I hilt's litile in that scenario whit h

ifsetnbles the 23 former anil present stall

ol the R I A who ha\e been questioned In I lu­

ll \< . I hirieen have admitted wi l ing data.

Mosi appear lo he lowly graded, bin long

sei A ing employees ol (he RTA and I he

Depart incut of Motor Transport before

thai. Most weren't ret eh ing huge amounts ot

money, one saiil heiliiln'i lake mi inn al all.

It's not espet iallv pleasant to see some ol

them l . u e the powerful I C A C . heatletl In

I hr . 1 1 ei I H I Assistant Commissioiiei

Adii.iu Roden.

I ' I I I in e a high I \ nervous young computet

programmer, e n u r i n g the hearing room.

l b seems lust d and more than .i little

upsel He's nil sine if he can even leave the

healing loom Ioi personal reasons At one

stage, he asks permission to call his wile to

sa\ be won't be arriving on the usual train

tonight. His slate is hardly a surpnsc. O n l \

three hours before, a private delei live

named I I I • 11 as a source ol K l . \ data.

Assistant Commissioner Adi ian Roden

nodded lo bin Iv chief investigator G a m

Matthews, who exits, returning shortly to

inform lawyers that the witness will be at

ihe Commission within hours.

Given his innocent appearance and his

obvious leal, the employee's evident e was a

sutptise. Yes. be bail been selling the

Atllhoi itv's t omputer data, up until the

week before he was sprung. I I he ICAC's

public beat ings bad been going lor (>

months) "I d ldn i expect to be called u p I

suppose . . . I knew' ii was corrupt . . . I was

bullish" Me admitted he'd been lining il Ioi

7 oi H years, lot a private investigator

earning a maximum ot SSIIO a month I bat

was his mistake the whole truth bail lo he

slowl) and painfull) extracted, Finally, lie

conceded his earnings bail been as high .is

$1,300 $l,'>IMIa month. The reason lor the

memory lapse was apparently bet ause ol

the day's shot ks. "me mind's been going at a

thousand miles an hour since I In .ml I had

to come here". But he was no high Flyer, I he

money was just spent on luxuries tin the

family, he said.

Auoil ici R I A employee s.iitl he was soltl on

the idea after being approached in ihe

Rosc-berv Hotel. "The way he explained il lo

me. the insurance companies anil others

in vt lived in this. I inani e com panics, wcic

l iving tot ol lei I I heir debts I loin d udders

. . . as soon as thev got notified. I bey would

he oil like a rot kel. In my opinion they wcte

ileltautling the system. O n c e I got into it. it

was too late lo slop".

lb- eventually supplied about Ii private

investigation agencies and got $4.oo a

licence or registration i heck since 1988.

I be l.isl I imc he sold information was ihe

night before an I C A C raid on his h o m e

After a small start, he says he ended up

earning up to $1,000 a month.

A third employee was on lo a good thing

F I G H T I N G C O R R U P T I O N

when someone leaving the R I A asked il he

would like to continue with their illegal

work. H e received $.'1.00 dollars a pop and

slopped just the week before being tailed

into the I C A C .

I hev are jusl three employees who

demonstrated how easy it was to get in o n

the trade. Some made a lot more than them,

some a lot less. Some possibly haven't been

tlist o \e led yet. It doesn't seem a lot i»l

money. $1.DO-$5.00 lor someone's driver

litem e lecord ot car registration details,

but it's ihe very basis of what Ihe I'rivaty

Committee says is the bartering and

selling ol private information on a

breathtaking scale.

It VI law yet Kevin Zetvos says the

Commission has probably only exposed the

tip of the iceberg of a surprisingly large

industry, involving large sums ot money.

It's by no means restricted lo R I A

information, which has been released by

Pol ice as well as R I A stall ami, it seems,jusl

about anyone else tan gel hold of il.

Pet haps an idea of its scale came Irotn

Assistant Commissioner Roden. who was

heard to suggest thai every person and their

dog could gel RTA'DM'l information. In

some cases, he's been most interested in

whether sell confessed R I A tlata sellers had

lo queue up at terminals to till their illegal

jobs for Ihe day.

Those small people who helped out debt

t ollcrtors because it was the right thing to

tlo. may note that one private detective

amassed d.il.i on .is i\ .is 10,0011 people

Debt collection is not the only w-ork of

private investigators.

I h e apparently small data sellers have

managed to feed an information tratle run

lo meet the demand created by some of

Sydney and Australia's largest banks and

lin.int i.il i it st it in s. I hen business ethit s.

or lack of. are more than likely lo be the

subject of comment bv Mr Roden in his

final report.

S e c u r i t y o f R e c o r d s

T h e I C A C i n q u i r y i n t o t h e

u n a u t h o r i s e d r e l e a s e o f G o v e r n m e n t

i n f o r m a t i o n h a s l e d t o R T A

r e g i s t r a t i o n a n d l i c e n s i n g

i n f o r m a t i o n b e i n g r e s t r i c t e d t o :

• t h e o w n e r o f t h e i n f o r m a t i o n ,

• c e r t a i n R T A s t a f f ,

• l a w e n f o r c e m e n t a g e n c i e s ,

• n a t i o n a l s e c u r i t y a g e n c i e s ,

• l a w y e r s d e a l i n g i n t r a f f i c m a t t e r s ,

a n d

• h o s p i t a l s i n v o l v e d i n o r g a n

t r a n s p l a n t s .

F I G H T I N G C O R R U P T I O N

M i n i m i s i n g F r a u d

I n v e s t i g a t i o n o l suspec ted c o r r u p t

act ivi ty bv R T A e m p l o y e e s resu l ted

in 23 d i smissa l s a n d 27 e m p l o y e e s

b e i n g d i s c i p l i n e d .

Tb m i n i m i s e f raud and c o r r u p t i o n in

the R T A . every e m p l o y e e r e c e i v e d a

copy o f t he C o r r u p t C o n d u c t P o l i c y

a n d the C o d e o f C o n d u c t a n d F.thics.

A n F.thics C a m p a i g n is b e i n g run to

in< i ease awareness o f I r a u d a n d

Corrupt i on issues a n d to fos ter an

ethic al w o r k e n v i r o n m e n t .

I n v e s t i g a t i o n o f c o r r u p t b e h a v i o u r

was not l i m i t e d to r e g i s t r a t i o n a n d

l i c e n s i n g ac t iv i t i e s .

O l the 343 cases o f suspec t ed f raud

a n d c o r r u p t c o n d u c t i nves t iga t ed

d u r i n g the year, INN re l a t ed to

f raudulen t ac t iv i ty by m e m b e r s o f t he

public against the R I A . the major i ty

b e i n g a t t e m p t s to o b t a i n f r audu l en t

li< e m es. F raud against t he R T A has

r e d u c e d s ign i fie a n th d u e l o

s t l e n g t h e n i n g p r o o f o f - i d e n t i t v

r e q u i r e m e n t s , the i n t r o d u c t i o n o l

p h o t o l i c e n c e s , a n d a g r e a t e r

awarenes s by the p u b l i c o f t he RTA's

stand o n e l i m i n a t i n g f raud .

C o d e o f C o n d u c t

A C o d e o f C o n d u c t was d e v e l o p e d to

p r o v i d e stall with s tandards of

c o n d u c t , p rac t i ca l ass i s tance in how

to p e r f o r m the i r du t i e s a n d as a g u i d e

to s o l v i n g e th ica l issues.

It o u t l i n e s the r e spons ib i l i t y stall

e x e r c i s e as public set tor e m p l o y e e s in

s e r v i n g the p e o p l e o f N e w S o u t h

Wales , t he r e s p o n s i b i l i t y to prov i d e

i m p a r t i a l a n d accura te a d v i c e to t he

G o v e r n m e n t o l the day, a n d the

r e q u i r e m e n t to i m p l e m e n t

G o v e r n m e n t p o l i c i e s p r o m p t l y .

e f f i c i en t ly a n d e f f e c t i v e l y .

It r e c o g n i s e s the r i gh t s o f

staff m e m b e r s u n d e r c o m m o n

law. l e g i s l a t i o n , indus t r i a l

awards a n d a g r e e m e n t s .

It is based o n all staff a d o p t i n g a

c o m m o n set o f u n d e r l y i n g va lues o l

t o n s c i e n t i o u s n e s s , in tegr i ty , hones ty .

fa i rness a n d c o m p a s s i o n , w h i c h in

turn have i m p l i c a t i o n s fo r the way in

w h i c h staff w o r k a n d r e s o l v e e t h i c a l

c o n c e r n s . In f u l f i l l i n g ( h e i r

r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s as e m p l o y e e s , s taff

a r e r e q u i r e d ( o o b s e r v e r e q u i r e m e n t s

r e l a t i n g to :

P e r s o n a l B e h a v i o u r

A c c o u n t a b i l i t y

R e p o r t i n g C o r r u p t C o n d u c t

U s e o f O f f i c i a l R e s o u r c e s

U s e o f O f f i c i a l I n f o r m a t i o n

C o n f l i c t o f I n t e r e s t

P u b l i c C o m m e n t

P o l i t i c a l P a r t i c i p a t i o n

F a i r n e s s a n d F . q u i t y

P r i v a t e E m p l o y m e n t

A c c e p t a n c e o f G i f t s o r B e n e f i t s

Copies of Ihe Code of Conduct are

available from Ihe RTA's Head Office.

I N T E R N A L A U D I T

T h e I n t e r n a l A u d i t B r a n c h p r o v i d e s

a c o m p r e h e n s i v e aud i t s e rv i ce ,

i n c l u d i n g f raud p r e v e n t i o n a n d

d e t e c t i o n , m a n a g e m e n t r e v i e w o f

systems a n d p r o g r a m s , audi t o f F'.DP

svslcnis a n d the . cniiluc t ol .1

( o m p h a l i c e aud i t p r o g r a m .

A u d i t o f m o t o r reg i s t ry f u n c t i o n s has

p r o v i d e d m a n a g e m e n t w i t h

i n d e p e n d e n t assurance r e g a r d i n g the

e f f e c t i v e n e s s o f i n t e rna l c o n t r o l s a n d

i n t e g r i t y o f r eg i s t ry o p e r a t i o n s .

A u d i t s at 24 R T A W o r k s O f f i c e s was

c o m b i n e d wi th t he d e v e l o p m e n t o f a

M a n a g e r ' s C o n t r o l A s s u r a n c e

P r o g r a m to c o n f i r m that kev c o n t r o l s

a r e o p e r a t i n g .

Kev ie-ws to i d e n t i f y o p p o r t u n i t i e s l o r

h a n d a n d c o n u p t i o n w e r e C o n d u c t e d

. 1 1 ( i n i i . i l \ spha l l D e p o t , Supply

S e c t i o n . B M P . S e r v i c e s . A c c o u n t i n g

S e r v i c e s . I n h u m a t i o n S e r v i c e s

B r a n c h . P r o p e r t y Se rv i ce s , R o a d

Safety B u r e a u . Fleet M a n a g e m e n t .

E m p l o y m e n t S e r v i c e s . G r a p h i c

S e r v i c e s , C o r p o r a t e Treasury ,

Revenue- P o l i c e a n d A d m i n i s t r a t i o n

a n d \ l o i o i Rcgist t u s

M a n a g e m e n t Aud i t r ev i ews o f

c o r p o r a t e - w i d e a c t i v i t i e s p r o m o t e s

be t t e r m a n a g e m e n t p e r f o r m a n c e a n d

m o r e e f f i c i e n t use o f r e s o u r c e s by

e m p h a s i s i n g i m p r o v e d c o n t r o l s to

r e d u c e f raud a n d u n n e c e s s a r y risks.

M a j o r r ev iews i n c l u d e d C o m p u l s o r y

T h i r d Party I n s u r a n c e , A c c o u n t s

Payab le Sys tem, Eyesight T e s t i n g o f

A p p l i c a n t s f o r D r i v e r s L i c e n c e s . Fleet

M a n a g e m e n t a n d L igh t M o t o r

V e h i c l e O p e r a t i o n s , P ro j ec t

D e v e l o p m e n t E x p e n d i t u r e R e v i e w

a n d G i a n t s t o C o u n c i l s .

T h e F-DP A u d i t S e c t i o n m a i n t a i n e d

i n v o l v e m e n t in the ma jo r business

svstems b e i n g d e v e l o p e d by the

A u t h o r i t y to e n s u r e e x p e c t e d

p r o c e s s i n g results a re a c h i e v e d .

I n d e p e n d e n t r e v i e w o f t h r e e R e g i o n a l

Data C e n t r e s was c a r r i e d out to

ensu re thai A u s t r a l i a n S t a n d a r d s

cove t ing the d e v e l o p m e n t o f

c o m p u t e r i n s t a l l a t i ons h a v e b e e n

m e t . A Pol icy o n I l l ega l S o f t w a r e was

issued a n d aud i t a c t i o n taken t o

ensure - that R T A o f f i c e s w e r e

c o m p l y ing v\ ilh the- po l i cy .

A u d i t C o m m i t t e e

A n Aud i t C o m m i t t e e ( o m p r i s i n g

s e n i o r R T A e x e c u t i v e s , a n o n publ ic

s ec to r r e p r e s e n t a t i v e f r o m the

a u d i t i n g p r o f e s s i o n a n d an o b s e r v e r

f r o m the A u d i t o r (General c o n t i n u e d

t o c o n t r o l all aud i t a c t i v i t i e s ,

i n c l u d i n g the p r o m o t i o n o f

i n i t i a t i ves to p r e v e n t a n d de t ec t h a n d

a n d c o r r u p t c o n d u c t .

I h e r e w e r e I I F r e e d o m o f

I n f o r m a t i o n a p p l i c a t i o n s f i na l i s ed

d u r i n g 1990-91. c o m p a r e d to 30 last

year. T w e n t y - o n e o f the a p p l i c a t i o n s

w e r e g r a n t e d in full, seven in p a n . I.">

w e r e r e fused ( m a i n l y because the

i n f o r m a l i on was o t h e r w i s e a v a i l a b l e )

a n d o n e was d e f e r r e d . T h r e e o t h e r

a p p l i c a t i o n s w e r e c a r r i e d f o r w a r d

i n t o 1991-92.

Twenty reques ts r e l a t ed to

pe r sona l ret o r d s a n d resu l ted

in o n e request fot an a m e n d m e n t ,

w h i c h was re fused .

[ w e n t ) - two reques ts r e q u i r e d

f o r m a l c o n s u l t a t i o n .

F o u r d e c i s i o n s t o re fuse access w e r e

a p p e a l e d agains t , l e a d i n g t o in t e rna l

1 c\ icws m hit 11 u p h e l d the o r i g i n a l

dec i s ions . ( ) n e a p p e a l to the

O m b u d s m a n led l o a n a p p l i c a t i o n fee

b e i n g r e f u n d e d .

It cost a b o u t $3,000 t o p r o c e s s the

a p p l i i al ions a n d Sti.tiOO was r e c e i v e d

F R E E D O M O F I N F O R M A T I O N

in ices. D i scoun t s w e r e a l l o w e d in

e i g h t cases o f I m a m ial h a r d s h i p a n d

o n e o f publ ic interest .

T h i r t y o l the app l i t a t ions w e r e

p r o c e s s e d wi th in 30 days, e i g h t

w i t h i n 15 days, w h i l e six L O O K

m o r e than -15 days.

l o t o m p l y m i l l the F r e e d o m o f

I n f o r m a t i o n Act a S u m m a r y o l

A f f a i r s was p u b l i s h e d in the

G o v e r n m e n t Gaze t t e in D e c e m b e r

1000 a n d June 1991. I he S t a t emen t o f

A f f a i r s (desc r i b i n g R I A o p e r a t i o n s

and r e c o r d s ) consis ts o l t w o

p u b l i c a t i o n s — The IUA in 1WI —

What is il and how does il affect me? —

and a Customer Information List.

M i n i s t e r i a l C o r r e s p o n d e n c e

t >\ci 7,000 wr i t t en reques ts foi

1 1 1 1 1 >i m a t i o n on t o a d a n d b r i d g e

m a i n t e n a n c e and t ons t l u< l i o n ,

v e h i c l e r e g i s t r a t i o n a n d l i c e n s i n g ,

r o a d safety, road f u n d i n g and

e n v i r o n m e n t a l p l a n n i n g w e r e

i ct e i v e d by the M i n i s t e r a n d \ssistanl

M i n i s t e r r e s p o n s i b l e fo r roads . S o m e

9891 o l t h e m w e r e a n s w e r e d w i t h i n

l o i n weeks o l r e c e i p t .

O m b u d s m a n

I he O m b u d s m a n r e f e r r e d 2<>

c o m p l a i n t s to t he R T A o n mai l t i s

sin h as the c a n c e l l a t i o n o l d r i v e r

l i c e n c e s a n d v e h i c l e r eg i s t r a t ions ,

p e n s i o n e r r e g i s t r a t i o n c o n c e s s i o n s ,

the p a y m e n t o f s t a m p duty o n the

i r ans i c i ol veh i c l e s , d i s p u t e s o v e r

v e h i c l e <>w nei ship, w e i g h i n g

ove i l o a d e d true ks, p o l i t i t s gove t n i n g

the h i r e o l t ontrac i ti in ks a n d the re-

r e g i s t r a t i o n o l s to len veil it les.

A l l b m 6 ma t t e r s had b e e n r e s o l v e d

by 3 0 J u n e 1901.

W h i l e t h e r e w e r e n o a d v e r s e f i n d i n g s

agains t t he R I A . the i m p o r t a n t c ol

f o l l o w i n g c o r r e c t p r o c e d u r e s was

i m p r e s s e d o n staff.

E Q U A L E M P L O Y M E N T O P P O

W o m e n > o m p i isc I I " , o l ih<

w o r k f o r c e . 9 % m o r e than last year .

They c o m p r i s e d W'/< o f base g r a d e

r e c r u i t m e n t and 12'/,' o f w o m e n

a p p l y i n g fo r p o s i t i o n s p a y i n g S4">.12<>

o r m o r e wet r a p p o i n t e d .

F i f t y - f i ve p e r s o n n e l a t t e n d e d Eng l i sh

I N the W o r k p l a c e ( l asses o r the

S k i l l m a x cour se .

S tudy l e a v e was g r a n t e d t o 309

p e r s o n n e l . 8 0 ( 2 8 % ) o f t h e m w o m e n .

O v e r S 3 M was spent o n i n t e rna l

t r a i n i n g a n d d e v e l o p m e n t .

T h e G r i e v a n c e A d v i s o r N e t w o r k

was e x t e n d e d f r o m 38 to ">5

a d v i s o r s S t a t e w i d e .

Ten m i d d l e a n d s e n i o r m a n a g e r s w e r e

t r a i n e d as m e d i a t o r s .

T w o A b o r i g i n a l s c o m p l e t e d

a p p r e n t i c e s h i p s a n d 24 a t t e n d e d a

t h r e e day c o u r s e o n ' E f f e c t i v e

Bus ines s Wri t ing" .

T h e S ta f f S e l e c t i o n P o l i c y was

a m e n d e d to r e q u i r e all p a n e l

I T Y

( o n v e n o i I to b e t r a i n e d in s taff

sclci i i on a n d all p a n e l s fo r posi t i o n s

u p to S3fi,()()() t o i n c l u d e at least o n e

l e i na l e sclet H O N ( o i n m i t t e e m e m b e r .

K e y S t r a t e g i e s f o r 1 9 9 1 - 9 2

A c h i e v e a m o r e e q u i t a b l e

r e p r e s e n t a t i o n o f tat get g r o u p

m e m b e r s in t he R T A .

I m p l e m e n t i n i t i a t i v e s so that

target g r o u p m e m b e r s can a c h i e v e

t h e i r full p o t e n t i a l .

• People with a physical disability

Data lor recruitment of people with physical disabilities and for representation of people from a n o n - E n g l i s h background is not currently available. In 1991-92. data will be available on recruitment of Aborig inals and people with a phytil al disability through wiliiiH.u \ disclosure at the time of recruitment. In 1992-93. data will be available on the representation of people of nou-F.uglish speaking background within salary levels through the introduction of the H u m a n Resources Management Information System.

R E P R E S E N T A T I O N A N D R E C R U I T M E N T O F T W O

E E 0 T A R G E T G R O U P S W 1 T H I N T H E R T A

Total Recruited

l'ei sonnel in the vear

I990f9l

Total

Staff 10.080 228

\ h o i igina 160 8

People 1.4% :(..v;

P W P D * N . K . N . K .

1989/90

Total Staff 11.Mb 805

Alioriglll.il 173 II

People I..V," 1.7%

P W P D * 2.492 40 21.6% 5.0%

E Q U A L E M P L O Y M E N T O P P O R T U N I T Y

C o n t i n u e to e n s u r e c o m p r e h e n s i v e ,

n o n ' d i s c r i m i n a t o r y H u m a n

R e s o u r c e s p o l i c i e s a n d p rac t i ces .

Kmphasi .sc m a n a g e m e n t

a c c o u n t a b i l i t y fo r t he d e v e l o p m e n t

a n d i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f the EEC)

M a n a g e m e n t P lans .

I m p l e m e n t p o l i c i e s a i m e d at c r e a t i n g

a d i s c r i m i n a t i o n f r e e w o r k i n g

e n v i r o n m e n t , w h e r e i n d i v i d u a l

d i f f e r e n c e s a r e a c c e p t e d a n d v a l u e d .

* People from a non-English speaking

background

• * 1989/90 data is drawn from the 1990 RTA

E E O Survey and includes casual personnel.

The data is based on a one in five random

stratified sample. Salary ranges for the 1990

sin vey were:

up to $17,421 $32.941 — $42,535

$17,422 — $23,235 $42,536 — $53,458

$23,236 - $26.132 $53,459 or more

$26,133 - $ 3 2 , 9 4 0

R E P R E S E N T A T I O N O F T W O E E O T A R G E T G R O U P S

W I T H I N S A L A R Y L E V E L S

1990 1991 1989 1990**

Salary

1 .cvels

Total

Stafl W o m e n N E S B *

Total

Staff W o m e n NF.SB*

U p to

$18,725

510 223

43.7%

N . K . 3162 1363

43.1%

674

21.3%

$18,726-

$24,801

3861 620

16.2%

N . K . 3947 955

24.2%

Ki lo

25.8%

C 'M xtr> '>'>7-l r>fin M Is 1 (102 237

23.7

259

25.8% J .. I . o i l ^ •

$27,724 U 1 I W

26.4% . s . IS. 1 (102 237

23.7

259

25.8%

$27,725 •

$34,946

1914 238

12.4%

N . K . 2074 309

14.9%

411

19.8%

$34,947 -

$45,125

905 742

8.0%

N . K . 742 53

7.1%

155

20.9%

$45,126-

$57,714

566 32

.Y7'-;

N . K . 474 35

7.3';

109

22.9%

$57,715-

O R M O R E

95 7

7.4%

N . K . 135 9

6.9%

14

10.3%

T O T A L I0 .080T 1791

31.7%

N . K . 11.536V 2961

25.6%

2640

22.9%

• I hese totals include full-time, pan lime ami rasttaI stall, which elsewhere in this teporl are grouped to provide 'equivalent full-time' Figures.

C O R P O R A T E F I N A N C E

F i n a n c i a l O v e r v i e w

Funds a v a i l a b l e a n d used by the R I A

d u r i n g 1990-91 t o t a l l ed $1.8056", an

i n c r e a s e o f a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1 2 % . in

real t e rms , o v e r the a m o u n t spent in

1989-90. O f this a m o u n t , $1 .765B

c o m p r i s e d new funds r e c e i v e d f r o m

C o m m o n w e a l t h a n d Sta te Sou rce s .

N e w r e v e n u e f r o m State sou rce s

t o t a l l ed $1.23B, i n c l u d i n g $ I 9 9 M

f r o m the 3 x 3 Fue l L e v y , $ 2 3 5 M f r o m

the g e n e r a l fuel f r anch i se fee a m i

$ 4 9 9 M f r o m m o t o r v e h i c l e w e i g h t tax .

Sa l e o f surp lus p r o p e r t i e s

c o n t r i b u t e d a p p r o x i m a t e l y $ 12M.

R e v e n u e f r o m C o m m o n w e a l t h

sources t o t a l l e d $ 5 3 5 M .

E x p e n d i t u r e fo r the yea r t o t a l l ed

S1.805B, i n c l u d i n g $ 6 3 5 M for r o a d

d e v e l o p m e n t a n d $ 5 3 9 M f o r n e t w o r k

u p k e e p . A s par t o f t he e x p e n d i t u r e

o n u p k e e p , $ 1 0 8 M was spen t o n

natural d i sas te r r e s t o r a t i o n w o r k s o n

both c lass i f i ed a n d loca l r o a d s

f o l l o w i n g e x t e n s i v e f l o o d d a m a g e

to t he r o a d n e t w o r k o v e r t he

last t h r e e years.

A s a resul t o f t he r ecen t d o w n t u r n in

the e c o n o m y , the R T A , l i ke mos t o t h e r

l a rge pub l i c a n d p r i v a t e s ec to r

o r g a n i s a t i o n s , su f f e red a s i g n i f i c a n t

d e c l i n e in its t r a d i t i o n a l sou rce s o f

r e v e n u e d u r i n g 1000-91.

N o t w i t h s t a n d i n g this d e c l i n e in

r e v e n u e , the R'l'A's total e x p e n d i t u r e

p r o g r a m for 1990-01 was a c h i e v e d

w i t h i n a v a i l a b l e funds. De ta i l s

of the sources and uses o f funds

d u r i n g 1990-91 a t e set out in

Figure I on p a g e 9. The A n n u a l

F i n a n c i a l S t a t emen t s p r o v i d e

a d d i t i o n a l i n f o r m a t i o n o n

financial p e r f o r m a n c e d u r i n g

1990-91. T h e s e S t a t emen t s have

b e e n p r e p a r e d o n a full acc rua l

a c c o u n t ing basis.

F u n d i n g f o r F l o o d D a m a g e

F l o o d d a m a g e t o N S W r o a d s b e t w e e n

A p r i l 1988 a n d J u n e 1991 re su l t ed in

costs o f r e s t o r a t i o n t o t a l l i n g $ 2 0 5 M

i n c l u d i n g $8(>M f o r l oca l roads . T h i s

e x c l u d e s t he cost o f d a m a g e to

( l a s s i f i e d r o a d s r e s u l t i n g f r o m f l o o d

sa tu ra t ion , e s t i m a t e d at $ 1 0 1 M .

\ S 'MM H o o d r e s t o r a t i o n p a c k a g e

a p p r o v e d by C a b i n e t in N o v e m b e r

1990, was s u b s e q u e n t l y i n c r e a s e d to

S 1 0 8 M . o f w h i c h $ 5 8 M was p r o v i d e d

f r o m C o m m o n w e a l t h c o n t r i b u t i o n s

u n d e r e x i s t i n g C o m m o n w e a l t h / S t a t e

a r r a n g e m e n t s . T h e i n c r e a s e in

f u n d i n g was to e n a b l e al l f l o o d

d a m a g e a n d r e s t o r a t i o n w o r k s t o b e

c o m p l e t e d , as far as p r a c t i c a b l e , by

3 0 J u n e 1991. A n o u t s t a n d i n g

c o m m i t m e n t o f o n l y $ 3 M f o r

( l a s s i f i e d r o a d s in r e spec t o f f l o o d s

p r i o r t o J u n e 1991 has b e e n c a r r i e d

lot ward l o t he 1991-92 p r o g r a m .

C O R P O R A T E F I N A N C E

The total e x p e n d i t u r e o f S108M

in 1990-91 c o m p r i s e d $ 5 3 M f o r

c l a s s i f i ed t o a d s and $ 5 5 M

For l oca l toads .

C a p i t a l i s a t i o n o f R o a d s a n d B r i d g e s

F o l l o w i n g the in i t ia l v a l u a t i o n o f t he

RTA's in f ras t ruc ture in 1989-90, a

c o m p r e h e n s i v e r e v i e w o f the

m e t h o d o l o g y a n d v a l u a t i o n p rocess

has led to i n n o v a t i v e a p p r o a c h e s to

r e s o l v e the p r o b l e m o f a c c o u n t i n g fo r

in f ra s t ruc tu re d e p r e c i a t i o n .

T h e c o n c e p t o f d e p r e c i a t i o n is

g e n e r a l l y a c c e p t e d w h e n ra i s ing

cha rges agains t o p e r a t i o n a l assets,

but is not e n t i r e l y a p p r o p r i a t e w h e n

c a l c u l a t i n g a n d r a i s i n g cha rges in

r e spec t o f in f ra s t ruc tu re assets.

In cousul ta t i on w i th the Aus t ra l i an

A c c o u n t i n g Research F o u n d a t i o n a n d

r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f the A u d i t o r

G e n e r a l , t he R T A has d e v e l o p e d a

po l i cy f o r in f ras t ruc ture a c c o u n t i n g

w h i c h i n c o r p o r a t e s a P r o v i s i o n f o r

Asset R e s t o r a t i o n ( the a m o u n t

r e q u i r e d to b r i n g the t o a d n e t w o r k to

an a c c e p t a b l e s t a n d a r d ) a n d a

P r o v i s i o n lot Asset R e n e w a l ( the

a m o u n t r e q u i r e d t o b r i n g the t o a d

n e t w o r k f r o m an a c c e p t a b l e s t andard

to n e a r new c o n d i t i o n ) .

I he R T A a ms ide i s thai the

a g g r e g a t i o n o f the e l e m e n t s

p r o v i d i n g fo r Asset R e s t o r a t i o n a n d

Asset R e n e w a l w i l l satisfy t he

r e q u i r e m e n t s o f Aus t r a l i an

A c c o u n t i n g S t anda rd A A S 4 —

D e p r e c i a t i o n o f N o n - c u r r e n t A s s e t s ,

in respec t o f in f ras t ruc ture assets.

It is a n t i c i p a t e d thai these m e t h o d s

o f v a l u a t i o n a n d d e p r e c i a t i o n

o f the t o a d in f ras t ruc ture wi l l be

a d o p t e d by o t h e r Aus t r a l i an Slate

R o a d A u t h o r i t i e s .

B u d g e t a n d P r o g r a m M a n a g e m e n t

P r o f e s s i o n a l f i n a n c i a l m a n a g e m e n t

i n f o r m a t i o n t e c h n i q u e s have b e e n

used to p r o v i d e t ime ly a n d c r i t i ca l

analys is o f f i n a n c i a l o p e r a t i n g

p e r f o r m a n c e a n d t o e n s u r e e f f e c t i v e

m a n a g e m e n t o l the tota l b u d g e t . T h i s

i n c l u d e d d e v e l o p i n g s p e c i f i c a t i o n s

fo r a new C a p i t a l W o r k s M a n a g e m e n t

I n f o r m a t i o n Sys tem.

S t r a t eg i e s have b e e n i m p l e m e n t e d

to e n s u r e that p r o g r a m m i n g a n d

p e r f o r m a n c e p r o c e d u r e s a r e

c o n d u c t e d w i t h i n a C a p i t a l

W i n ks M a n a g e m e n t Sys tem that

e f f e c t i v e l y m o n i t o r s , c o n t r o l s

a n d m e a s u r e s p e r f o r m a n c e .

T h i s i n c l u d e d p r e p a r a t i o n f o r t he

i n t r o d u t i o n o f n e w p r o g r a m

s t ruc tures that r e f l ec t G o v e r n m e n t

a n d R T A o b j e c t i v e s a n d c o n t i n u e d

d e v e l o p m e n t o f b u d g e t a r y a n d

p e r f o r m a n c e m e a s u r e m e n t sys tems to

C O R P O R A T E F I N A N C E

e n s u r e (hat b u d g e t s re f lec t

bus ines s P lan o b j e c t i v e s a n d

r e s o u r c e r e q u i r e m e n t s .

C o m m e r c i a l A c c o u n t i n g

F o l l o w i n g the i n t r o d u c t i o n o f acc rua l

a c c o u n t i n g f o r B a l a n c e S h e e t

p u r p o s e s , t he R T A is c o m m e n c i n g the

i n t r o d u c t i o n o f accrua l a c c o u n t i n g

t h r o u g h o u t its R e g i o n s a n d o p e r a t i n g

cost c e n t r e s t o e n h a n c e the

p r e p a r a t i o n a n d use o f m a n a g e m e n t

r e p o r t s . In this r e g a r d e x t e n s i v e

t r a i n i n g is u n d e r w a y to e n a b l e s ta f f

a n d m a n a g e m e n t to fu r the r d e v e l o p

the use o f c o n t e m p o r a r y f i n a n c i a l

m a n a g e m e n t p rac t i ce s t h r o u g h o u t

t he R T A .

T o c o m p l e m e n t t he a d o p t i o n o f

full acc rua l a c c o u n t i n g a n d

i m p r o v e b u d g e t a n d p r o g r a m

m a n a g e m e n t , a c t i v i t y based c o s t i n g

wi l l a l s o b e i n t r o d u c e d t o e n s u r e

that al l o v e r h e a d a n d i n d i r e c t

costs a r e c o r r e c t l y r e f l e c t e d i n

a p p r o p r i a t e o p e r a t i n g uni ts .

R e v e n u e A d m i n i s t r a t i o n

P r i c i n g s t ra tegy r e v i e w s have

i d e n t i f i e d a reas w h e r e t he R T A can

i m p r o v e the bases a n d / o r a p p l i c a t i o n

o f a r a n g e o f fees a n d charges .

F u r t h e r r e v i e w s w i l l b e c a r r i e d out

t o m a x i m i s e r e v e n u e .

I m p r o v e m e n t s t o c r e d i t c a r d

p a y m e n t a r r a n g e m e n t s have

r e d u c e d the n u m b e r o f

t r ansac t i on e n q u i r i e s a n d

led t o m o r e e f f e c t i v e

r e v e n u e c o l l e c t i o n .

C a s h m a n a g e m e n t

D u r i n g 1990-91 cash m a n a g e m e n t

p r o c e d u r e s w e r e e n h a n c e d to a c h i e v e

m a x i m u m i n v e s t m e n t p o t e n t i a l . T h e

use o f D e s k b a n k was e x t e n d e d t o

t h r e e R e g i o n a l O f f i c e s a n d the RTA's

S u p p l y S e c t i o n , w h i l e in t e r faces

b e t w e e n the G e n e r a l L e d g e r a n d

D e s k b a n k a r e b e i n g d e v e l o p e d t o

i m p r o v e e f f i c i e n c y .

C o n t e m p o r a r y F i n a n c i a l R e p o r t i n g a n d

W o r k s M a n a g e m e n t S y s t e m

A c o n t e m p o r a r y , t o t a l ly i n t e g r a t e d

f i nanc i a l r e p o r t i n g a n d w o r k s

m a n a g e m e n t system w i l l b e

c o m p l e t e d in 1991-92. In i t i a l l y , a

p ro j ec t l e d g e r w i l l c o m b i n e w i th t he

n e w C o r p o r a t e G e n e r a l L e d g e r to

c o m p l e m e n t a n d i m p r o v e budge t a n d

p r o g r a m m a n a g e m e n t , c o n t r a c t

m a n a g e m e n t , f i n a n c i a l r e p o r t i n g ,

acc rua l a c c o u n t i n g , r e v e n u e

a c c o u n t i n g , c o m m i t m e n t s r e p o r t i n g

a n d cash m a n a g e m e n t . T h e system

wi l l then be e n h a n c e d w i t h t he

a d d i t i o n o f a m a j o r new p r o j e c t

c o n t r o l a n d m a n a g e m e n t m o d u l e

w h i c h wi l l i n t e g r a t e t he f i n a n c i a l ,

p ro j ec t a n d p r o g r a m i n f o r m a t i o n

ava i l ab le , g r ea t ly i m p r o v i n g f i e l d

m a n a g e r s ' a b i l i t i e s to c o n t r o l a n d

m a n a g e t h e i r w o r k s a n d p r o v i d e

e n h a n c e d r e p o r t s o n p e r f o r m a n c e

a n d o p e r a t i o n a l aud i t .

R i s k M a n a g e m e n t

T h e A u t h o r i t y has c o n t i n u e d to

r e f i n e its Risk M a n a g e m e n t Poli< \

a n d Prac t i ces . A study to he c a r r i e d

out ea r ly in t he new financial year

w i l l i d e n t i f y c r i t i ca l risks a n d r e v i e w

e x i s t i n g risk m a n a g e m e n t tunc t i o n s

a n d ac t iv i t i e s . T h i s wi l l e n a b l e the

d e t e r m i n a t i o n o f a p p r o p t ia te

p r i o r i t i e s t o e n s u r e that the

R T A ga ins the m a x i m u m bene f i t

f r o m t he a d o p t i o n o f r i sk

m a n a g e m e n t p rac t i ces .

T h e Y e a r A h e a d

T h e budge t fo r 1991-92 is S l . t iO l l i .

whic Ii is a p p r o x i m a t e l y 5.6% less, i n

real t e rms , than e x p e n d i t u r e d u r i n g

1990-91.

A l l m o n e y ra i sed f r o m m o t o r v e h i c l e

t axa t i on (an e s t i m a t e d S525.M) a n d

fuel l ev ies (an e s t i m a t e d S l I i l M

i n c l u d i n g S 2 0 8 M f r o m the 3 x 3 Fue l

Levy i is lis poihec a ted li\ the

G o v e r n m e n t to the R o a d s P r o g r a m .

O V E R S E A S V I S I T S B Y R T A

WnrldvMdc . 1 1 4 cpl.int c ol the Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Ii.illu System (SCATS) led lo .1 ii I I in 1K-I ol overseas \ I S I I S l,\ officer* of the li.illi. ( ontrol Sc< nun |ohn l.oii|{foot and PetCI l.owi n \ ivii.it Seoul. Shanghai, Hong Kong; Oakland (Michigan), j.ik.n I . I .mil Bandung to market SI Vis I hey alio vlfited Wellington for the l l lh Annual Meeting of Ihe SCATS M.i i i.i '41 i ne u I .i in I I \ n s Group. Pelei Jacka. Colin I l.i 11 and Jon Van I uyl viiiled various

New Zealand i i l ieMo tilldet lake S( AIS system audits, imrotliii e system in-•<!11 it .• 1 1 • • n-.intl 1 1 I I id in i ii.lining i nurses.

Karl Metgailil M.inaget, Research Development and None. Environmental running Section, i ravelled to Hawaii lo delivei .i paper,al the li.iiispoii.iiiini Kt l.iittl Noise and Vibration t tinleieni e organised li\ ihe Itanspoilal ion Rese.ilt Ii Bo.iitl ol the N.il iun.il Kescare Ii Count il ol ihe USA. The t oiilereiicc provided an Opportunity to learn ol ihe latest trends on traffic noise management.

The planned trial ol road maintenance I»s contract and the need t"t consultants to assist the Aiiilmi u\ with this innovation required Carrie Vidler. D I M S m n . i l l ngineer. Operations and Malcolm trust. Rii.itI Vsset Manager, Sydney Westei n Region, to I ravel lo London in iIIiei \ it-w prospet live i onsultants.

C E R S

Da\ id I homson. K<»,id Maintenance Methods r ngineer. vuited (he USA to monitoi .1 pilot test of automated processes i<>i 1 he collection ol paveinrm < ondilion data and investigate the inainlc nam c management s\stems ol \ai ious load aiilhoi hies.

Investigation ol asphalt pavement rccyt ling methods .mil (-(|uipiiK-nt, and attendant c al a t onlerence on the subject, was the purpose of a Wtil to Canada and the I S A bv Kevin Johnson and K.tv Pilgrim ol the Central Asphalt Depot At the sarin- time. |ohn Atkinson, also ol G \ D . \ i>ued ( • ( • 1 111.111 \ I . . follow up operational aspei is ol German asphalt recycling equipment.

Mil ii.it I < >i illnliv Manager, Vehicle and Equipment Safctv. attended a meeting ol the International lask Eort e on (Ihild l*rotei 1 1 0 1 1 Systems and presented papers at the ( o n T c r e u t e ol ihe Ultei national Research Count il on Bioklnetit s ol Impacts, both in I von. I 1 am e. Mi ( . 1 illiihs also attended meetings ol the Association lor Advancement of Automotive Medic ine and the International Standards Oiganisation Committee on Child Restraints in I'h' I< 111 \ and Dallas, t'SA. respectively.

Ceofl Deacon. Director. Registration Licensing Alan I .owe, General Manager, Information Sei \ it es. < .leg Hat rigan.

Communications Manager, and Zoran Ojurovic, DataCentn Managei visited Fujitsu fapan in Ibkyo to confer on issues ct nical 1 0 the DRIVES.

\dvam es in limbei In idge let h no logy wei <

studied in the I JSA i>\ Don Blat k. Manager. Engineering Services, and Don i anei Bridge Design (.roup Leader.

Gat in Donald, General Manager. Prii ing Sti.itegv and Doug Quail, Manage• Niet work Ctilitv. were p.111 of .1 |t.t 111 stud) mission lo Europe and the 1 S \ with representatives ol V I C R O A D S and I«•!( t .ini Australia In investigate were advanced

technology Ioi road transport applit at ions, including road pt it ing and tolling.

Howard Penn, Setiiot Pi ojet 1 1 ngineer, and Brendan Wliite, Electrical ami Mechanical Engineer, both ol the lunnel Projects (.roup, attended a seminar in Switzerland on road tunnel management sponsored In the Organisation lor Economic Co-operation Development and the Permanent International Association of Road Congresses. While oveiseas. thi \ intpet led road tunnel operation and management in Hong Kong. Belgium, (•cttn.nn .md Holland

I he Genet al Manager ot ihe Road Safely Bureau.

Hai i v Camkin. travelled 1 0 Washington, DC. lo

srI ve as a member ol 11n- I \ perl Panel al ihe

Insm.ince Institute lor Highway Safety

conference. Ibis was in recognition of the

lead ihe Aulhoriiv has taken in the . arnpaign

against drink driving.

John Robetl of the Traffic Control Sec tiou

attended a conference and studs lour on

advanced telematics in road transpoit conducted

by the Dedic a ted Road Inlrasii uc tuie for Veliii les

in Europe I be Hi nsscls c onlercnc E. pio\ ided the

opportunity to ensure thai the Ami n Is at tin-

leading edge I N developing advanc ed tei hnology

lot road liansport.

Allan Waldon. C.eneral Manager. Intelnal \udii

attended the South Pacific Regional Convention

ol the Institute of Internal Auditors in Auckland.

Topic s ol particular interest to the Authoi ny were

auditing the quality ol perlormanc e. auditing in

an I I ' l ' environment and auditing business units

with c omnierc ial objectives.

Doug Gnianc. General Managei, CMialits Systems

ami S E I \ ices, dcliveicd a paper at the I hud Asia

Pat ilu CHialitV < Control Organisation con let em E in Auckland The T onference provided a valuable

opportunuv to gather information on world-wide

trends in quality systems.

O V E R S E A S V I S I T S B Y R T A O F F I C E R S

Maxiin- Cooper. General Manage r, Environmental

Strategy, Brian Walters. Regional Planner.

Genual Region and David Stuart-Watt.

Project Manager. Gastleieagh Freeway visited

Em ope. Canada and the GSA to stuck i tends I N environmental management.

Heavy Vehicle Monitoring Project Manager. Chris

Murdoc h. visited Cambridge. England to

Investigate the manufacture and perfoi mam e ol

number plate recognition etpiipmetn 1 Ins

technology is being considered for assistant e in

the monitoring ol heavy vehicle operation.

John Mi Kerral. Director, Technical Services

IT .m lied lot opeiihagcn as the Ausli al i . IN repiesentalive on lechnical Committee IC-I

(Inter urban Roads) of the Permanent

Intel national Association ot Road Congresses

SAFECOM 91. the First International Conference

on Sale (^immunities, in Kalkoping. Sweden, was

attended by I.ort Mooren who is the Leader.

Program Implementation. Road Salety Bureau.

Mike Leahy. Engineer. Btidge Management

Svstcms. joined an Australian International

Development Assistant e Bureau consultant \

team to review the Indonesia Bridge Management

Systems Project . Part o f Mr Leahy's assignment

involved tielcl work in Indonesia.

Gcoll Vouclale. (.eneral Manager. Reseaic h and

Development, travelled to Beijing. China to assist

the Austialian Road Researt h Board with a

workshop .it (he ( O I K lusion ol an Austialian

International Development Assistance* Bureau

funded highway equipment researc h projee i

T onduc led b\ ARRB I be workshop examined the

results id ihe first year of operation of the

.Atccleraled Loading Eacilitv ( A L F ) . with whic b

Mr Voudale has had c onsiderable involvement.

Alan Lowe, (.eneial Managei. Information

Services, visited I.npei in Taiwan to give a

present ion on the Authoi itv's open svsieni

strategy lot information management to a

seminal at tanged bv the Institute of Information

Industtv. Me travelled to Manilla to be Plenary

Session Speakei on the- s.TIUT M I H | C I ( al the

Philippines I 'NIX Users Convention, "Surging

Ahead Into ihe 2lsi Century".

The costs of some of these overseas visits were met by

clients or organisations seeking RTA expertise.

H U M A N R E S O U R C E S

E m p l o y m e n t

A l SO J u n e 1991, t he R T A e m p l o y e d

lu l l - l ime , pa r t - t ime a n d casual stall

t o t a l l i n g the e q u i v a l e n t o f 10.290

lu l l t i m e staff. T h i s was 128 less

than lasi year, a d e c r e a s e a c h i e v e d

t h r o u g h natural a t t r i t i on a n d

vo lun ta ry r e d u n d a n c i e s .

Fo r ty - th ree a p p r e n t i c e s w e r e

i n d e n t u r e d ( c o m p a r e d wi th 48 last

y e a r ) , h r i n g i n g the total e m p l o y e d l o

144 (164 last y e a r ) in 13 t rades . O f t he

46 w h o c o m p l e t e d t h e i r

a p p r e n t i c e s h i p s in 1990-91, 23

(32 lasi y e a r ) w e r e e m p l o y e d in t h e i r

t r ades by the R T A .

S t a f f C u t s

In Ju ly 1991. it was a n n o u n c e d that

the R I A e x p e c t s to lose

a p p r o x i m a t e l y 2,000 staff, o r m o r e

than 2 0 % o f its w o r k f o r c e in 1991-92.

T h i s is d u e to f a l l i n g r e v e n u e d u r i n g

the c u r r e n t e c o n o m i c r e c e s s i o n , t he

C o m p l e t i o n o f m a j o r f l o o d d a m a g e

i c s t i i i , n i o n work , the i n t r o d u c t i o n o f

the D R I N K S s \ s i e m . whi< Ii re leases

si , i l l f r o m the data va l ida t ion /da t a

e n t r y s e c t i o n s o f r e g i s t r a t i o n a n d

l i c e n s i n g a n d a ser ies o l m a n a g e m e n t

r ev i ews . T h e s e r e v i e w s a r e a i m e d at

r e a l i s i n g the p o t e n t i a l bene f i t s o f t he

m a n y a d v a n c e s b e i n g m a d e in w o r k

p r a c t i c e s a n d systems.

I n d u s t r i a l R e l a t i o n s

D u r i n g 1990-91 t h e r e w e r e 508

w o r k i n g days lost t h r o u g h indus t r i a l

a c t i o n c o m p a r e d wi th 4,410 days in

1989-90.

In w a g e a n d salary n e g o t i a t i o n s t he

R T A a d h e r e s t o the w a g e f i x i n g

p r i n c i p l e s o f Indus t r i a l It ihunals .

(!< mi l it ions o l e m p l o y m e n t fo l low

g e n e r a l l y a c c e p t e d c o m m u n i t y a n d

P u b l i c S e r v i c e s tandards .

A s part of t he Structural Efficiency

Principle w e e s t ab l i shed W o r k p l a c e

C o m m i t t e e s a n d t r a i n i n g cou r se s .

C a r e e r D e v e l o p m e n t

A tasks a n d ski l ls survey o l wages and

s.il.u ied stall began so that future

t r a i n i n g a n d d e v e l o p m e n t w i l l be

m o r e focussed o n the n e e d s o f

i n d i v i d u a l s a n d the R I A .

T e c h n i c a l T r a i n i n g

N e w cou r se s e m p h a s i s i n g qua l i t y

assurance in c o n s t r u c t i o n c o n t r a c t

ad i n i n i s i rat i on w e r e run f o r ( on l t act

s u p e r i n t e n d e n t s and t l ici t

r e p r e s e n l a l ives.

T r a i n i n g & D e v e l o p m e n t

F.mployees r e c e i v e d an a v e r a g e o f

S t r a i n i n g days e a c h c o m p a r e d t o

1.5 days in 1989-90. T h e 100%

i n c r e a s e was p r i m a r i l y d u e t o

p r e p a r i n g staff f o r t he

i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f D R I V F . S . T r a i n i n g

e x p e n d i t u r e as a p e r c e n t a g e of

p a y r o l l was 2 . 7 % , w e l l o v e r t he

m i n i m u m 1% r e q u i r e d u n d e r the

A u s t r a l i a n T r a i n i n g G u a r a n t e e

( A d m i n i s t r a t i o n ) A c t 1990.

L E G A L C H A N G E

I lit- R I A administers the

Transport Administration Act 19KS

Motor Vehicle Taxation Ait 1988

Stale Roads Act 1986

Traffic Act 1909

Motor Vehicle Driving Instructors Act 1901

Recreational Vehicles Act 19.1}

Sydney Harbour Tunnel

(PrivateJoint Venture) Act 19X7

Traffic Safely (Lights and Hoardings) Act 1951

and parts ot tlx'

tjical (iovernmenl Ail 1919

New Acts

Traffic tPhatographic Evidence) Act 1990 —

amended the Traffic Art I909\o enable courts

to accept photographic evidence ot speeding

offences detected bv approved devices.

Traffic (Amendment) Act 1990 — amended the

Traffic Act 1909 with respect to taking and

testing blood samples from drivers, the sale

and use of radar detection and jamming

devices and the permissahle hlood alcohol

concentration for special category drivers,

including heavy vehicle and coach drivers and

drivers under 25 with less than three years

driving experience;

Motor Vehicle Taxation (Amendment) Act

1990 — amended Ihe Motor Vehicles Taxation

Act 19SHlit increase the lax paid on

vehicle registration hy 7%.

New Regulations were introduced for:

low-away /.ones in Kings dross. Sydnev to

overcome parking problems.

I he issue ol permits to car-carriers which

exceed allowable dimensions.

The issue of infringement notices for illegal

parking in bus /ones and taxi ranks.

Use of special security boxes for

storing drivers' blood samples

held for collection by police.

Cancellation or relusal to issue a NSW" licence

to people holding a licence from another Stale

or territory.

Inclusion of tow trucks in the Heavy Vehicle

Inspection Scheme.

Compulsory wearing of helmets when riding

bicycles on I January 1991 for people over lt>

and on I July 1W91 lor everyone.

Exemption from payment of vehicle

registration and driver licence tees tor war

widows who hold a Dependent Treatment

Entitlement Card .

A requirement lor fire-fighting vehicles to

display general issue number plates.

Control of skateboards and similar toy vehicles

on public streets.

Restricted access of long vehicles using the

road through Calston Corge . Windsor .

Restrictions on the Standing,

waiting or pat king of vehicles at

Darling Harbour . Sydney.

Inclusion of Authorised Inspection Station

Licences as a i omponenl of the Master Licence

scheme under the Business Licences Act.

Acceptance of proof -o fage card issued by

Ihe R I A as evidence of identity of

driver licence applicants.

Revised procedures tor storing and analysing

blood samples obtained tor the purposes ol

the drink-drive provisions of the Traffic Act.

Fixed penalties tor radar detection and

|amtning offences.

Increases in fees, charges and penalties in line

with the Consumer Price Index.

Speed limiting devices and methods for

certain heavy vehicles.

A D V I S O R Y B O D I E S

Roads and Traffic Advisory Council

Established under the Transport

Adminis lral ion Aci I'.I88. ihe council advises

ihe R I A and the Minister for Roads on the

promotion of tiaffii safely iiiipiovcmcuts in

the movement of traffic and freight; ihe

requirements of vehicle drivers; requirements

for roads and vehicles; the promotion of

industrial development; primary production

and tourism in relation to roads and traffic:

protection of Ihe environment in relation to

roads and traffic; roads and traffic legislation

and ol her matters relating to roads and traffic

that the t otiticiI c (insiders appiopriate.

M r R G Cox

General Managei . National Roads and

Motorists' Association (Chairman)

Mrs G Kibble-

Director. Department of Planning

Mr M Wil ton-Moore

Director General . Department of Transport

Mr A I-auer

Commissioner of Police

M r P Clarkson

A/Chairman Road Freight Advisory Council ,

representingthe road freight industry

C r A J A Mack

President, Local Government and Shires

\~-. II iation

Mr J McLean

Scciciary. Transport Workers Union , N S W

Branch, representing the L a b o r Council of

N S W

Prof R L Huckstep

Representing the medical profession

Mr B G Fisk

Chief Executive. RTA

Ms A Turner

R I A (Fjcecuiive Off icer)

Road Safety Advisory Council

The Road Safety Advisory Council helps

develop effective road safety programs

throughout the public and private sectors.

Mr R G C o x

Roads and Traffic Authority Council

(Cha irman)

Supt. M Lane

\ S \ V I'olii <• I lepai liuenl

M r W (Irani

Department of Attorney General

Aid P A G o u l d

Local Government and Shires Association

Mr B Searlcs

National Roads and Motorists Association

Mr R Mogan

Department of Transport

Prof R Huckstep

Prince of Wales Hospital

Mr F Gennauoi

Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and

Management

Mr R Brenner

Department of School Education

M Booth

National Road Motorists Association

D r J P M c G r a t h

Australian Col lege of Surgeons

D r C Ben net I

Department of tfealth

Mr H I.Cainkin

RTA (Executive adviser)

Mi | Breadner

RTA (Secretary)

A D V I S O R Y B O D I E S

Road Safety Forum

The Forum provides a link to organisations

wilh a concern lor road safctv. I'arlicip.ilion is

l>\ invitation from ihe Chief Executive and

meinhcrship is open lo

community/professional organisations with a

genuine interest in road safely.

Meinhcrship for 1990-91 included:

Royal Australian College of Surgeons

Australian Consumers Association

Roatl Transport Industry Training Committee

Australian College ol Surgeons

Child Accident Prevention Foundation of Australia

Si John Ambulance

Insurance (iotinril ol Australia

National Roads and Motorists Association

Australia Red Cross Sue ich

Department ol Police

Department of Health

3 x 3 Committee

N S W Parliament increased the Stale's business

franchise levy on fuel In three i cuts a litre for

three years from I July 1989.

This was lo provide an estimated $t>00 million

I X I I . I funding lor road improvement and road

safety under I In • ' A i c t -let a led Road Progiauf.

An independent Committee ensures that 3x3

funds are spent on projects which meet criteria

in the legislation.

Members:

* Mr jim Millner (Chairman) President,

National Roads and Motorists' Association.

* Mr Allen Filield, pasl President of the Shires

Assoc iation nl New South Wales

* Mrs Audrey Hardman. Immediate Past

President of Ihe Shires Association of

New South Wales.

* Mr Neville Head, Senior Partner. Clayton I t / .

* Mr Michael Sharpe, Partner. Coopers and

Lybiand and pasl President of ihe Institute

of (^bartered A t countanls. Australia.

* Mr R Chaseling. Roads and Traffic Authority

(Secretary).

Road Freight Advisory Council

T h e Counci l represents the road freight

transport industry and provides policy advice

to the RTA

Il provides a consultative forum for industry

and Government lo consider matters related to

the development, co-ordination, planning,

regulation and operation of road freight

transport services in N S W .

Council is being restructured to build upon its

past successes, streamline its membership and

expand its capacity to provide advice covering

technical and local issues. The Police

Department and the Depat tment ol Iranspoi t

have been invited to assist Ihe Count il

Members are appointed by the Minister for

Roads. The Count il has a Cha irman, an

independent member and icprescutalives

nominated by the following organisations:

N S W Road Transport Association

N S W livestock Transporters' Assot iation

L o n g Distance Road Transport

Association of Australia

Transport Workers' Union , N S W Branch.

C O N T E N T S

R T A

F I N A N C I A L

S T A T E M E N T S

R O A D S A N D T R A F F I C A U T H O R I T Y

N E W S O U T H W A L E S

T h e Y e a r in B r i e f 8 9

1 9 9 0 / 9 1 B u d g e t

F u n d i n g o f S t a t e ' s R o a d S y s t e m 9 0

B a l a n c e S h e e t 9 1

I n c o m e a n d E x p e n d i t u r e S t a t e m e n t 9 2

S t a t e m e n t o f S o u r c e a n d

A p p l i c a t i o n o f F u n d s 9 4

S u m m a r y o f L o a n L i a b i l i t i e s 9 6

F i n a n c i a l S t a t e m e n t s 9 7

N o t e s to a n d f o r m i n g p a r t o f t h e

F i n a n c i a l S t a t e m e n t s 9 8 S u p p l e m e n t a r y F i n a n c i a l I n f o r m a t i o n 1 1 2

Commonwealth Grants

State Sources

Road Cost Index

Payments to Councils

Cost of Individual Projects

Financing of the Sydney Harbour Tunnel

T h e Y e a r A h e a d 1 1 8

C o n s u l t a n c i e s 1 1 9 Isindsmfnng on thr F4 ill Howtbush, Sydney.

BUDGET ACTUAL SM S M

C A S H A T T R E A S U R Y / I N V E S T M E N T S B / F 65 6 5

N E W F U N D S A V A I L A B L E

C o m m o n w e a l t h

ALTDAct 511 5 1 9 Other 16 1 6

A T o t a l C o m m o n w e a l t h 527 5 3 5

S t a t e

B Motor Vehicle Taxes 480 4 9 9 C Fuel Levies - General 239 2 3 5 D - Additional (3x3) 201 1 9 9 E Special Allocations 124 1 1 6 F Authority Revenue and Other 122 1 1 7 G Appropriation from Consolidated Fund 63 6 3

T o t a l S t a t e 1.229 1 , 2 2 9

Investment of 3x3 Trust Fund 11 T O T A L F U N D S A V A I L A B L E 1,821 1 , 8 1 8

I N C R E A S E I N W O R K I N G C A P I T A L

Cash at Treasury 30/6/91 1 3

1,821 1 , 8 0 5

T H E Y E A R I N B R I E F

E X P E N D I T U R E

A Development B Upkeep and Operations C Road Safety and Traffic Management D Motor Traffic Services E Local Roads F Debt Servicing G Assets and Buildings H Research and Development I Other

T O T A L E X P E N D I T U R E

BUDGET S M

619 552

64 134

91 176

97 20 68

ACTUAL S M

6 3 5

5 3 9

5 7

1 3 4

91

1 7 5

9 1

2 1

6 2

1,821 1 , 8 0 5

S O U R C E OF F U N D S E X P E N D I T U R E

1 9 9 0 / 9 1 B U D G E T

1 9 9 0 / 9 1 B U D G E T

Funds budgeted to be available to the Roads and Traffic Authority for 1993/91 as published in State Budget Paper No. 2 amounted to $1,708 million. Variations to the original budget were as follows —

S M

O r i g i n a l B u d g e t 1 . 7 0 8

I n c r e a s e in R e c e i p t s

Commonwealth Funds 3 3 I + ) Sale of Properties 14 | + ) Special Allocations 124 (+1 Miscellaneous 21 + 1 1 7 3

1 , 8 8 1

D e c r e a s e i n R e c e i p t s

Motor Vehicle Tax 50 I - I Fuel Levies 10 1-1 6 0

R e v i s e d B u d g e t 1 , 8 2 1

Total funds available for 1990/91 amounted to $1,818 million and variations from the revised budget were as follows:—

R e v i s e d B u d g e t

I n c r e a s e i n R e c e i p t s

Commonwealth Funds 8 I +1 Motor Vehicle Tax 19 1+)

D e c r e a s e in R e c e i p t s

Fuel Levies 6 i Special Allocations 8 l Other 5 i

Investment of 3x3 Trust Fund

T o t a l F u n d s A v a i l a b l e

S M

1 , 8 2 1

2 7

1 , 8 4 8

19

1 . 8 2 9

11

1 ,818

The most significant variations were due to:— • Advance payment of $7.5 million by the

Commonwealth in respect of the National Highways allocation for 1991/92.

• The balance of the special allocation advanced from Treasury for redundancies is to be drawn down during 1991/92.

• Additional Motor Vehicle Tax in the amount of $9.0 million, representing the assessed percentage of undistributed collections in the remitting account at 30 June 1991, was drawn down in June 1991.

• An increase in registration activity during May and June 1991.

F U N D I N G O F T H E S T A T E R O A D N E T W O R K

Details of funding available to the Roads and Traffic Authority and the former Department of Main Roads since 1980/81.

S M 1990 91 P r i c e !

1200

1000 -

BO

600 H

• I .

20O H

0

3 0 / 6 / 9 0 $ 0 0 0

70,018 6,722

53.440 21,821 42,913

112.211 2,454

842,700 9.579

42,419,962

C U R R E N T A S S E T S

Cash Receivables Investments Inventories Other

194,914 T O T A L C U R R E N T A S S E T S

N O N - C U R R E N T A S S E T S

Loan to Sydney Harbour Tunnel Company

Investments Property, Plant and Equipment Leasehold Improvements Roads, Bridges and Traffic Signal

Control Network

NOTES

|5| |6] 17)

114) (10)

|3| |7| I8i

43,386,906 T O T A L N O N - C U R R E N T A S S E T S

30 /6 /91 $ 0 0 0

4 8 , 8 2 7

5 . 0 8 6

1 8 , 0 3 4

2 2 , 9 3 4

4 5 , 0 7 8

1 3 9 , 9 5 9

1 6 0 . 3 8 1

2 , 0 6 4

9 7 6 , 9 5 4

9 . 8 4 1

4 3 , 0 6 4 , 9 5 7

4 4 , 2 1 4 , 1 9 7

43.581,820 T O T A L A S S E T S 4 4 , 3 5 4 , 1 5 6

B A L A N C E S H E E T

a s a t 3 0 J u n e 1 9 9 1

3 0 / 6 / 9 0 S'000

267,519 53,858 57,549

C U R R E N T L I A B I L I T I E S

Creditors and Borrowings Provisions Other

378,926 T O T A L C U R R E N T L I A B I L I T I E S

N O N - C U R R E N T L I A B I L I T I E S

978,687 Creditors and Borrowings 447,884 Provisions

T O T A L N O N - C U R R E N T

1.426.571 L I A B I L I T I E S

1,805,497 T O T A L L I A B I L I T I E S

41,776,323 N E T A S S E T S

61.917 640,676

41,073,730

F U N D S E M P L O Y E D

Reserves Capital Grants Accumulated Funds

NOTES

(111 (12) (11)

(13) (13) H3|

3 0 / 6 / 9 1 $ 0 0 0

8 3 . 7 9 4

6 4 . 1 0 9

6 7 . 1 0 2

2 1 5 , 0 0 5

(11) 1 , 1 9 5 , 3 0 2

(12) 4 9 5 , 0 2 1

1 , 6 9 0 , 3 2 3

1 . 9 0 5 , 3 2 8

4 2 , 4 4 8 . 8 2 8

6 8 , 9 6 4

1 , 4 5 9 . 3 4 9

4 0 , 9 2 0 , 5 1 5

41,776,323 N E T E Q U I T Y 4 2 , 4 4 8 , 8 2 8

I N C O M E A N D E X P E N D I T U R E S T A T E M E N T

l o r t h e y e a r e n d e d 3 0 J u n e 1 9 9 1

1989 /90

$ 000 NOTES

I N C O M E

C o m m o n w e a l t h F u n d s

Australian Land Transport 219.837 Development Act. 1988 (13)

Interstate Road Transport Act, 6.816 1985

Badgerys Creek Airport Access (13)

S t a t e F u n d s

364.680 Motor Vehicle Taxation (13) Allocation from the

66,934 Consolidated Fund Appropriations from the

Consolidated Fund — Fuel Franchise Levy

22,012 - G e n e r a l |13| 99.348 - Additional |3x3| |13|

Natural Disaster Restoration — Grant

1990/91 $ 0 0 0 $ 0 0 0

2 0 5 . 3 6 8

5 , 7 0 9

8 , 1 3 4 2 1 9 , 2 1 1

3 8 4 . 1 6 9

6 3 . 4 1 9

2 3 . 4 2 7

2 2 . 9 3 1

5 6 , 8 7 7 5 5 0 , 8 2 3

29.903

O t h e r

Gross Proceeds from the Sale of Properties 4 4 , 8 8 5

1989 /90 $ 0 0 0

13,440 50.706

29,035 15.714 6,978

1990 91

Gross Proceeds from the Sale of Other Assets

Toll Revenue Contributions for Specific

Works Rental Income Interest on Investments Gain on Restatement of

Capital Debt

NOTES

131

38.923 Other Income

$ 0 0 0

1 4 , 1 2 5

5 0 , 4 6 9

2 0 , 0 0 2

1 6 , 5 9 7

5 , 1 7 1

2 , 1 0 2

|4) 4 2 . 6 5 4

$ 000

196,005

964,326 T O T A L I N C O M E 9 6 6 , 0 3 9

1989/90 1990/91 S 0 0 0 NOTES S 000 S 0 0 0

E X P E N D I T U R E

S t a t e R o a d S y s t e m

421.452 Upkeep 4 4 3 . 9 0 9 Provision for Asset Restoration |1ivi||9) 3 5 0 , 8 2 0 Natural Disaster Restoration on

10,400 Local Roads 5 4 , 6 8 9 Statutory Grants to Local

83,606 Authorities 9 0 , 7 9 4 Road Safety and Traffic

15.970 Management 1 6 , 9 9 7 107,678 Motor Traffic Services 1 3 5 , 4 7 8

5,062 Toll Operation Costs 13) 5 , 5 5 3 Property Maintenance and

7,991 Management 7 , 3 8 2 17,082 Research and Development 2 0 , 8 0 1

Management and 37,066 Administration 3 6 , 5 3 9

F i n a n c i a l

1.492 Discount on Loans 2 , 3 9 0 Loan Restructure |1liii|) ( 7 7 )

147,158 Debt Servicing Charges 1 6 3 , 6 7 4 ,27) Doubtful Debts 2 2 0

12,022 Depreciation 1 4 , 4 2 8 Pay-Out on Leveraged Finance Lease 1 , 5 8 2

I N C O M E A N D E X P E N D I T U R E S T A T E M E N T

f o r t h e y e a r e n d e d 3 0 J u n e 1 9 9 1

1989/90 1990 91 S 000 NOTES $ 000 S 000

O t h e r

21.687 Cost of Sales - Properties 3 5 , 4 2 4 21,687 Cost of Sales - Other Assets 1 6 , 6 7 2

1,070 Land Sale Expenses 2 , 4 1 4 48.961 Superannuation 4 5 , 7 6 0

2,310 Personal Injury Settlements 2 , 3 1 7 14,659 Staff Redundancy Settlements 5 . 9 4 5

Rebates — Tachograph and 3x3 Levies 8 1 5

Claims for Registration of Stolen Vehicles 1 8 7

(4,065) Annual Leave Expense 2 , 1 4 1 (5.7101 Long Service Leave Expense 8 , 7 0 2

873 Fringe Benefits Tax Back Payment 3 1 3,091 Fringe Benefits Tax Expense (1im) 9 8 4

971,515 T O T A L O P E R A T I N G E X P E N S E S 1 , 4 6 6 . 5 7 1

(7.189) O P E R A T I N G D E F I C I T ( 5 0 0 , 5 3 2 )

7,146 Transfer to Reserves (13) 7 , 0 4 7

T R A N S F E R T O

(14,335) A C C U M U L A T E D F U N D S ( 5 0 7 , 5 7 9 )

S T A T E M E N T O F S O U R C E A N D

A P P L I C A T I O N O F F U N D S

f o r t h e y e a r e n d e d 3 0 J u n e 1 9 9 1

1989190 1990/91 $ 000 $ 000 $000

SOURCES OF FUNDS F u n d s F l o w

921.312 Inflows of Funds from Operations 9 0 7 , 1 9 2 Proceeds from Sale of

43,343 Non-Current Assets 5 9 , 0 1 0 9 6 6 , 2 0 2

964.655 909,117 O u t f l o w s o f F u n d s 1 , 0 2 5 . 0 6 9

55.538 ( 5 8 , 8 6 7 ) I n f l o w o f F u n d s f o r

640,676 C a p i t a l P u r p o s e s 8 1 8 , 6 7 3

696.214 7 5 9 . 8 0 6 C o l l e c t i o n s b y t h e A u t h o r i t y

26.832 Transcover Collections 1 , 7 1 1 203.102 Ad-Valorem Stamp Duty 1 8 0 , 3 5 4

4,763 Interstate Road Transport Scheme 3 , 4 7 3 10,440 Motor Traffic Fines 1 3 , 6 8 8

289,460 Statutory Fees and Charges 2 7 7 , 2 0 8 104,545 G.I 0. Levy Collections 1 1 3 , 6 5 3 979,594 Third Party Insurance Collections 1 , 0 5 0 , 2 7 5 1 , 6 4 0 , 3 6 2

1.618,736

2,314,950 2 , 4 0 0 , 1 6 8

1989190 1990/91 $ 000 $ 000 $000

R e d u c t i o n in A s s e t s C u r r e n t

35.073 Cash 2 1 , 1 9 1 Receivables 1 , 4 1 6 Investments 3 5 , 4 0 6 5 8 , 0 1 3

N o n - C u r r e n t

218 Investments 3 9 0 I n c r e a s e in L i a b i l i t i e s

C u r r e n t

112.510 Creditors & Borrowings — Other 9 , 5 5 3 9 , 5 5 3

N o n - C u r r e n t

Creditors & Borrowings 2 2 1 , 1 6 0

2,462.751 2 , 6 8 9 , 2 8 4

APPLICATIONS OF FUNDS I n c r e a s e in A s s e t s

C u r r e n t

2.004 Inventories 1 , 1 1 3 46.767 Investments —

175 Receivables — 6.625 Other 2 . 1 6 5 3 , 2 7 8

55,571

1989/90 1990/91 S 000 $ 000 $ 0 0 0

N o n - C u r r e n t

47.280 Loan to SH Tunnel Company 4 8 , 1 7 0 Property, Plant and Equipment,

91,476 and Leasehold Improvements 1 1 8 , 0 2 3 569,315 Infrastructure 6 9 6 , 3 6 5 8 6 2 , 5 5 8

708.071

R e d u c t i o n in L i a b i l i t i e s C u r r e n t

Creditors and Borrowings 1 8 3 , 7 2 5 5,853 Other — 1 8 3 , 7 2 5

N o n - C u r r e n t

74,957 Creditors and Borrowings — O t h e r F u n d s w e r e D i s t r i b u t e d t o :

979,589 Third Party Insurance 1 , 0 4 9 , 3 7 1 104,519 G.I.O. Levy 1 1 3 , 6 5 3

26.832 Transcover Collections 1 , 7 1 1 Interstate Road Transport Scheme

4,357 Account 3 , 7 3 8 Consolidated Fund

289,460 - Fees and Charges 2 7 7 , 2 0 8 10,440 - Motor Traffic Fines 1 3 , 6 8 8

203,102 - Ad Valorem Stamp Duty 1 8 0 , 3 5 4 1 , 6 3 9 , 7 2 3

2,462.751 2 , 6 8 9 , 2 8 4

S T A T E M E N T O F S O U R C E A N D

A P P L I C A T I O N O F F U N D S

f o r t h e y e a r e n d e d 3 0 J u n e 1 9 9 1

1989 /90 $ 0 0 0

17,1891

12,022 (4,065| (5.710)

48,961 127)

(35,247) 21,687

328 3.091

21,687

55,538

1990/91 $ 000 $ 0 0 0

R e c o n c i l i a t i o n o f O p e r a t i n g D e f i c i t

w i t h F u n d s F l o w -

O p e r a t i n g D e f i c i t

A D D :

Provision for Asset Restoration Depreciation/Amortisation Annual Leave Long Service Leave Superannuation Doubtful Debts Operating and Suspense Accounts Cost of Other Assets Sold Loan Restructure Loan Repayments made by

Commonwealth Fringe Benefits Tax Expense Cost of Properties Sold

F U N D S F L O W

3 5 0 , 8 2 0 1 4 , 4 2 8

2 , 1 4 1 8 . 7 0 2

4 5 , 7 6 0 2 2 0

( 3 3 , 5 7 2 ) 1 6 , 6 7 2

( 7 7 )

1 6 3 9 8 4

3 5 . 4 2 4

( 5 0 0 , 5 3 2 )

4 4 1 , 6 6 5

( 5 8 , 8 6 7 )

S U M M A R Y O F L O A N L I A B I L I T I E S

a s a t 3 0 J u n e 1 9 9 1

ROADS WATERFALL METROPOLITAN TO BULLI

FUND TOLLWORK TOTAL $ $ $

G E N E R A L L O A N A C C O U N T ( S T A T E L O A N S ) State loans outstanding prior to 1 July 1990 111.777.440 2,738,590 114,516,030 Less: Repayments of

principal and sinking fund during year 1/7/90 to 30/6/91 986,904 21,657 1,008,561

Less: Reduction due to revaluation as per Treasury letter of 25 March 1991 2.051,768 50.334 2.102.102

S t a t e L o a n s

O u t s t a n d i n g a t

3 0 J u n e 1 9 9 1 1 0 8 . 7 3 8 . 7 6 8 2 , 6 6 6 , 5 9 9 1 1 1 , 4 0 5 . 3 6 7

B. R E P A Y A B L E T R E A S U R Y A D V A N C E S

Advances outstanding prior to 1 July 1990 15.443,046 - 15.443.046

Advances 1/7/90 to 30/6/91 59,300,000 59,300,000

74,743.046 74,743,046

ROADS WATERFALL METROPOLITAN TO BULLI

FUND TOLLWORK TOTAL S S $

Less: Principal repaid during year 1/7/90 to 30/6/91 2,069,481 2,069,481

R e p a y a b l e T r e a s u r y

A d v a n c e s O u t s t a n d i n g

a t 3 0 J u n e 1 9 9 1 7 2 , 6 7 3 , 5 6 5 7 2 , 6 7 3 , 5 6 5

C. L O A N S R A I S E D U N D E R S E M I - G O V E R N M E N T L O A N P R O G R A M

Semi-Government loans outstanding prior to 1 July 1990 1.017,105,482 16,440,017 1,033,545,499 Add: Change in face

value following management transactions 17.834,390 17,834,390

1.034.939,872 16,440,017 1.051,379,889 Less: Principal repaid

during period 1/7/90 to 30/6/91 2,217,664 455,814 2.673.478

N e t L i a b i l i t y a t 3 0 J u n e 1 9 9 1 -L o a n s r a i s e d u n d e r S e m i - G o v e r n m e n t

L o a n P r o g r a m 1 , 0 3 2 . 7 2 2 . 2 0 8 1 5 , 9 8 4 . 2 0 3 1 . 0 4 8 , 7 0 6 , 4 1 1

N e t L o a n L i a b i l i t y a t 3 0 J u n e 1 9 9 1 1 . 2 1 4 , 1 3 4 , 5 4 1 1 8 , 6 5 0 , 8 0 2 1 . 2 3 2 , 7 8 5 , 3 4 3

Less: Unamortised Deferred Expense 2 2 , 3 7 9 . 9 5 3

N e t L o a n L i a b i l i t y a t 3 0 J u n e 1 9 9 1 a t A d j u s t e d B o o k V a l u e 1 . 2 1 0 , 4 0 5 , 3 9 0

O T H E R F I N A N C I A L A C C O M M O D A T I O N

S u m m a r y o f L e v e r a g e d L e a s e s a s a t 3 0 J u n e 1 9 9 1

Lease outstanding prior to 1/7/90 1,429,119 1,429.119 Less: Principal repaid

during year 1/7/90 to 30/6/91 1.429.119 1.429,119

N e t L i a b i l i t y a t 3 0 J u n e 1 9 9 1

F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S

( f o r t h e p e r i o d 1 J u l y 1 9 9 0 t o 3 0 J u n e 1 9 9 1 )

Pursuant to section 4t8|i)| f | ot the Public Finance Audit Act. 1983. we declare that in our opinion 1 The accompanying Imanaal statements exhibit a true and tan view of the Authority's financial position as at

30 June 1991 and transactions for the period then ended 2 Ihe statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983

the Public f inance and Audit (Statutory Bodies) Regulation. 1985 and the Treasurer's Directions Further we are not aware of any circumstances which would render any particulars included in ihe financial statements to be misleading or inaccurate

B Bus FCPA |F_ng) |Metl. CUE M l M M Director Finance and Performance Evaluation Chief Executive

AUDITOR GENERALS OPINION ROADS AND TRAFFIC AUTHORITY

I have audited Ihe accounts ol Ihe Roads and Traffic Authority for the year ended 30 June 1991 The preparation and presentation of the financial statements comprising the accompanying balance sheet, income and expenditure and funds statements together with the notes thereto, and Ihe information contained therein is Ihe responsibility of the Chief txeculive of the Authority My responsibility is to express an opinion on ihese statements based on my audit as required by Sections 34 and 41C|1| of Ihe Public Finance and Audit Acl 1983 l conducted my audit m accordance with the provisions of the Act and the Australian Audiling Standards to provide reasonable assurance as to whether the financial statements are free of materia) misstatements My procedures included examination on a test basis of evidence supporting the amounts and other disclosures m the financial statements and the evaluation ot accounting policies and wgn.l.cani accounting estimates These procedures have been undertaken to form an opinion as to whether, m all material respects. Ihe financial statements are presented fairly m accordance with the requirements of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983. and Australian accounting concepts and standards, so as to present a view of the Roads and Traffic Authority which is consistent with my understanding of its financial position and the results 0* its operations In my opinion ihe financial statements comply with Section 418 of the Act and are m accordance with the Statements of Accounting Concepts and applicable Accounting Standards and present fairly the financial position of Ihe Roads and Traffic Authority as at 30 June 1991 and the results of its operations for the year then ended

fa <JU. K T Fennel B A . FCPA Deputy Auditor General Sydney 18 October 1991

N O T E S T O A N D F O R M I N G P A R T O F

T H E F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S

f o r t h e y e a r e n d e d 3 0 J u n e 1 9 9 1

1 . S t a t e m e n t o f A c c o u n t i n g P o l i c i e s

nl B a s i s f o r P r e p a r a t i o n o f A c c o u n t s

The Authority's Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance wi th the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983. its Regulations and the Treasurer's Directions. They are in compliance wi th contemporary Australian Accounting Standards. The Balance Sheet and Income and Expenditure Statement are based on historical costs except where otherwise stated and are prepared on the accrual accounting basis.

|n| F r i n g e B e n e f i t s T a x P o l i c y

The Authority is currently disputing the basis of assessment of fringe benefits tax for the periods ended 30 June 1987 to 30 June 1991. On the basis of conservatism, the Authority had provided S3 091 million as at 30 June 1990 and at 30 June 1991 the provision was increased by $0 984 million to $4,075 million. The increase represented a provision of $0 949 million for 1990/91 plus a penalty

interest provision of $0,035 million in respect of earlier years,

(ml D e b t R e s t r u c t u r i n g P o l i c y

The Authority borrows through the NSW Treasury Corporation in the form of liquid and marketable Treasury Corporation Stocks. As part of its debt management activities, the Authority buys back its debt which is financed by the issuance of replacement debt.

The gains or losses arising from substituting the prepaid debt wi th new debt are included in the Income and Expenditure Statement. Provision is made against these amounts for amortisation to the Income and Expenditure Statement over the term of the replacement debt to meet changes in future debt servicing costs,

hvl C h a n g e s in A c c o u n t i n g P o l i c y

A comprehensive review of the Authority's infrastructure valuation and depreciation policy was undertaken during 1990/91 to re-evaluate the Authority's initial policy and methodology.

Arising from this review, the Authority has developed a proposed industry policy in respect of the raising and charging of "depreciat ion" as contemplated by the Australian Accounting Standard AAS4. This policy provides for the raising of appropriate asset utilisation charges as follows:—

• Provision for asset restoration • Provision for asset renewal

The aggregation of these two provisions will be the equivalent of depreciation and will ensure that the Authority's accounts adequately report the movement in infrastructure values in accordance with professional accounting practices. Irr respect of the Authority's valuation policy, the review endorsed the wnt ten-down replacement cost method as adopted and also considered the requirements of the Recoverable Amounts Test as promulgated in Australian Accounting Standa.d AAS10. There are a number of majoi conceptual

N O T E S

considerations in the application of this Test, including the Authority's community service obligations and the most appropriate measurement of all road user charges. The validity and applicability of the Test for revaluation purposes will he subject to further review during 1991/92.

i.i A s s e t M a n a g e m e n t P o l i c y — G e n e r a l

The Authority has established asset registers in respect of the following maior asset categories:—

• Land and Buildings in Service • Land and Buildings Acquired for Future

Roadworks • Plant, Equipment and Motor Vehicles • Computer Hardware and Software • Electronic Office Equipment • Leasehold Improvements • infrastructure

— Roads and Bridges — Traffic Signal Control Network — Land under Roads and within Road

Reserves Valuation and depreciation methods are summarised below

Valuation Policy L a n d a n d B u i l d i n g s in S e r v i c e a n d

A c q u i r e d f o r F u t u r e R o a d w o r k s

The value of the Authority's land and buildings is shown at current market value as assessed by registered valuers of the Authority on a three-year continuing basis

Included in the value of land and buildings is an amount of $825,000 ($825,0001 for buildings on Crown Land. Associated buildings are wr i t ten off in the year Crown Land is transferred to another Authority or Department. During the year no Crown Land has been transferred. During 1990/91 the land and building component of weigh-bridges totalling $12,254 million and quarries valued at $0,397 million were reclassified from plant and equipment to land and buildings in service. Quarries are valued at historic cost. P l a n t , E q u i p m e n t a n d M o t o r V e h i c l e s

Valuations of these asset categories are

based on historical cost where available, w i th adjustments made for depreciation as calculated. In the case of the Authority's asphalt, ferry and weigh-bridge operations historical costs could not be ascertained. Having regard to these assets' existing usage and the intangible benefits they create, estimated replacement values have been assigned.

C o m p u t e r H a r d w a r e a n d S o f t w a r e

Valuations of these assets are based on historic cost wi th a minimum value of $5,000 in respect to software. In the case of computer hardware, if the precise historic cost is not known then such valuation can be estimated cost, estimated trade-in or estimated buy-back value depending on the age and technology of the equipment involved. All computer hardware including enhancements, attachments and peripheral equipment is captured on the Balance Sheet regardless of cost because these items form part of the Authority's computer network asset.

N O T E S

E l e c t r o n i c O f f i c e E q u i p m e n t

Valuation of this asset category is based on historic cost wi th a minimum value of S5.000 assigned for Balance Sheet purposes.

L e a s e d A s s e t s

A leveraged finance lease which was entered into during 1981/82 expired and was paid out in October 1990.

L e a s e h o l d I m p r o v e m e n t s

Valuation of leasehold improvements is based on historic cost

I n f r a s t r u c t u r e

The Authority, being responsible for the development and management of the State's Road Network, has recognised the control aspect of some infrastructure assets and the ownership of other infrastructure assets when formulating policy in respect to the valuation and reporting of infrastructure. Privately funded projects such as tollworks and other major road development, will be

brought to account in the Balance Sheet when contractual obligations have been fulfilled and the works become incorporated in the State Rnad Network The valuation policies developed in the initial year of the capitalisation process provide for roads and bridges to be valued using the wr i t ten-down replacement method where each road is assigned a value which equates with what it would cost to replace that road to its current condition, without improving the road. This valuation method has been adopted because it reflects the current minimum economic valuation of the infrastructure The Authority's Traffic Signal Control Network was valued according to the unit replacement cost

In respect of land under roads and within road reserves, valuations were assessed according to the average rateable value per hectare of Urban and Rural areas within each Local Government Area.

During 1990/91, each of these valuation methods was subject to a comprehensive review and reappraisal as to their appropriateness and validity. This review fully endorsed the current methods utilised and referred to the possible future application in asset revaluations of the Recoverable Amount Test as promulgated in Australian Accounting Standard AAS10. There are, however, a number of conceptual considerations to be addressed prior to the possible future application of this standard. These considerations wi l l be subject to further review during 1991/92.

Depreciation Policy L a n d a n d B u i l d i n g s in S e r v i c e

Buildings in this category are depreciated on the straight line method at 2.5% per annum. Quarries are amortised over the span of their useful lives.

N O T E S

L a n d a n d B u i l d i n g s A c q u i r e d f o r

F u t u r e R o a d w o r k s

No depreciation is charged against this asset category as buildings are not purchased to generate revenue but ultimately to be demolished for roadworks. This policy is in accordance wi th industry practice. P l a n t , E q u i p m e n t a n d M o t o r V e h i c l e s

Depreciation on major plant items and trucks costing more than $5,000 is based on the straight line method at a rate of 10% per annum for 6 years leaving a 4 0 % residual value. Small plant items costing more than $5,000 are depreciated on the straight line method at a rate of 10% per annum. In respect of cars and light motor vehicles no depreciation is raised as the Authority enjoys favourable purchase and disposal conditions. The Authority's helicopter is depreciated on the straight line method at the rate of 4 .4% per annum.

C o m p u t e r H a r d w a r e a n d S o f t w a r e

Depreciation against this asset category is based on the straight line method and is calculated at 20% per annum. E l e c t r o n i c O f f i c e E q u i p m e n t

Depreciation against this asset category is also based on the straight line method at 10% per annum. L e a s e h o l d I m p r o v e m e n t s

Leasehold improvements are amortised over the period of the lease. I n f r a s t r u c t u r e

The existing Accounting Standard AAS4 — Depreciation of Non-Current Assets, is not considered appropriate nor meaningful in respect of the raising and charging of such expenses against the Authority's infrastructure. The term "depreciation", whilst being relevant and understandable for operational assets, is ambiguous and misleading when applied to infrastructure assets such as roads and bridges which have a very long, but finite life.

Accordingly, in the circumstances, the Authority has developed a number of standards and terms which clearly indicate the appropriate disclosure in the financial statements and provide users with more relevant information In lieu of depreciation of the infrastructure, the Authority has established the following provisions:

Provision for Asset Restoration This provision recognises the expense each year of normal wear, tear and deterioration which has occurred and which will be restored under the proper operation of the Maintenance Programme in an appropriate future period During 1990/91, the Authority expended an amount of $443,909 million in connection with the upkeep of the Classified Road Network. In addition, and in recognition of future outlays required, the Authority has made provision of S350.820 million in the accounts for the deterioration of roads

O T E S

which occurred during 1990/91 and which will be restored in the due course of future maintenance programmes. This amount is representative of the extent of deterioration of the Road Network condition over the 12 month period. In respect of bridges, investigations are proceeding to identify and develop a contemporary methodology to calculate and bring to account a similar provision for the cost of restoration. Provision for Asset Renewal This provision discloses (only by way of note in this initial year) the charge made each year to recognise that in time, all infrastructure wi l l become either technologically or economically obsolete. In order to make this provision and maintain the Authority's operating capability, the Authority will raise an annual percentage charge on the total carrying value of the infrastructure to provide for the eventual but progressive replacement or renewal of the Network.

At this stage, it has not been possible to determine the technological life span of the Network and further investigations are being undertaken. Therefore the Authority has made an initial annual provision for such asset renewal at an amount of 1 % of the current carrying amount of roads. This provision should be recognised as the initial step of a progressive, escalating implementation of an annual provision process. During 1990/91, this provision has been assessed at approximately $181,052 million.

The aggregation of these two provisions is considered to be the equivalent of depreciation as contemplated in AAS4.

|vi) P r o v i s i o n o f M a t e r i a l A s s e t s

There were no material assets provided free of charge to the Authority during this period. However, Crown Land was provided at peppercorn rentals at a small number of locations.

2 . A u d i t F e e s

Audit fees in the amount of $320,000 ($275,000) were incurred for services provided during the year by the Auditor General. This amount is included in the Management and Administration charge in the Income and Expenditure Statement. The Auditor General received no other benefits.

3. T o l l R e v e n u e

Toll revenue and operation costs appear in the Income and Expenditure Statement. The following is a summary of toll revenue and operation costs for the year ended 30 June 1991:—

LOAN GROSS PAYMENTS NET TOLL OPERATION TO T U N N E L TOLL

REVENUE COSTS C O M P A N Y REVENUE S M S M S M S M

Waterfall/Bulh 3.956 1.440 2.516 Sydney Harbour Bridge 46.513 4.113 48.170 (5.770)

Total 50.469 5.553 48.170 (3.254)

Revenue from Sydney Harbour Bridge toll charges continues to provide funds towards the construction of the Sydney Harbour Tunnel. During the year $48,170 million ($47,280 million) was paid to the Sydney Harbour Tunnel Company in accordance wi th the Net Bridge Revenue Loan Agreement bringing total payments under this agreement to $160,381 million ($112,211 million).

The payment to the Tunnel Company forms part of the total commitment of $222.6 million to be paid under the agreement, during the construction period to September 1992. At 30 June 1991 the outstanding balance was $62,219 million ($110389 million). Repayment of the total amount is due in the year 2022.

N O T E S

4 . O t h e r I n c o m e

This comprises:— 1989 /90 1990/91

S M S M

6.682 Ordinance 30C Receipts 7 . 7 3 0

7.364 Load Permits • 8 . 6 9 2

0.201 Indivisible Loads 0 . 2 4 0

0.443 B Doubles & Road Trains Permits 0 . 5 1 6

19.394 Road User Service Fees 2 1 . 2 9 5

0.239 Special Employment Schemes 0 . 1 8 2

0.131 Commission Received on Pay-Roll Deductions 0 . 0 8 7

0.262 SCATS User and Licensing Agreements 0 . 3 5 5

0.728 Refund of Stamp Duty on Property Enquiries 0 . 6 1 7

0.489 Towaway Fines 0 . 3 5 3

2.990 Miscellaneous 2 . 5 8 7

38.923 4 2 . 6 5 4

5. C a s h B a l a n c e

The cash balance is composed as follows:— 3 0 / 6 / 9 0 30 /6 (91

S M S M

17.913 General and Trust Funds 1 2 . 9 9 9

52.105 Cash at Bank, on Hand, Advances etc 3 5 . 8 2 8

70.018 4 8 . 8 2 7

103

N O T E S

6. R e c e i v a b l e s

The Authority's receivables may be detailed as follows:— III Ii 90 30/6/91

S M S M

7.607 D e b t o r s 6 . 5 6 4 1.360 Deduct: Provision for Doubtful Debts 1 . 5 8 0

6.247 4 . 9 8 4

Because of the types of debt due to the Authority, including towaways, accident recoveries, etc. the incidence of bad and doubtful debts is high.

0.202 A c c r u e d M o t o r V e h i c l e T a x

A c c r u e d I n t e r e s t o n :

0.077 — Sinking Fund Investments 0 . 0 7 7

0.023 — Sydney Harbour Bridge Investments 0 . 0 1 2 — Workers Compensation Reserve

0.008 Investment 0 . 0 0 2

0.163 — 3x3 Fuel Levy 0 . 0 1 0 0.002 - PAXUS Security Deposit 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 1 0 2

6.722 5 . 0 8 6

The policy for calculating the provision for doubtful debts is as follows:— i) Sundry Debtors for Rent

— 10% of current tenancies — 7 0 % of properties vacated within one year — 9 0 % of properties vacated over one year

II) General Debtors — 5% of current debts — 10% of debts raised one year prior — 2 0 % of debts raised between one and two years prior — 5 0 % of debts raised over two years prior

7. I n v e s t m e n t s

Investments held by the Authority comprise:— 30/6/90

FACE MARKET VALUE

SM

1.800 0.217 0.412

47.309

VALUE S M

3.702 3.702

1.800 0.217 0.412

47.309

C u r r e n t

New South Wales Treasury Corporation — Sydney Harbour Bridge tolls

accrued for payment to Tunnel Consortium

— Investment of Workers' Compensation Reserve

— Premier State Bonds - PAXUS Security Deposit - 3x3 Fuel Levy - AUSTR0ADS Funds

30/6/91 ' F A C E MARKET VALUE

S M

1 . 6 0 2

0 . 3 8 8

1 . 2 7 2

1 1 . 3 0 0

0 . 4 0 2

VALUE S M

3 . 0 7 0 3 . 0 7 0

1 . 6 0 2

0 . 4 0 8

1 . 2 7 2

1 1 . 3 0 0

0 . 4 0 2

53.440 53.440 1 8 . 0 3 4 1 8 . 0 5 4

N o n - C u r r e n t

New South Wales Treasury Corporation

1.938 1.883 - Premier State Bonds 1 . 5 5 1 1 . 6 6 7 — Listed Securities

(At Market Value) Department ot Main Roads

0.516 0.459 Inscribed Stock 0 . 5 1 3 0 . 5 1 0

2.454 2.342 2 . 0 6 4 2 . 1 7 7

• Book and Face Values are equivalent

The market value of the Department of Main Roads Inscribed Stock and Premier State Bonds has been calculated by the NSW Treasury Corporation at the bond yield rate. The variation between face value and market value occurs because the interest rate on investments varies to that currently available in the market. To ensure a parity of yield the price offered for lower interest securities is necessarily less than face value.

N O T E S

8. P r o p e r t y , P l a n t a n d E q u i p m e n t a n d L e a s e h o l d I m p r o v e m e n t s

Property, plant and equipment consists of the following asset categories:— 3 0 / 6 / 9 0

S M

94.279 71.610

1.378

164 b 1 !

7.552 17.200 0.423

24.329

Land and Buildings in Service — Works Administration

(Includes the Land and Buildings component of weigh-bndges)

— Land — Buildings

Less: Depreciation

Officers' Residences — Land — Buildings

Less: Depreciation

Quarries Less: Amortisation

8 7 . 7 5 7

3 . 6 3 7

1 2 . 6 7 0

0 . 6 3 0

0 . 3 9 8

0 . 1 2 9

3 0 / 6 / 9 1 S M

9 5 . 6 6 4

8 4 . 1 2 0

1 7 9 . 7 8 4

5 . 4 8 0

1 2 . 0 4 0

1 7 . 5 2 0

0 . 2 6 9

N O T E S

267,011

112.209

101.551

480.771

189.651 54.917

134.734

56.880 22.416

34.464

Land and buildings Acquired for Future Roadworks — Rentable Properties — Vacant Land — Road not yet

Constructed — Property Surplus to Road

Requirements

The significant increase in the value of Vacant Land — Road not yet Constructed is due to:—

• The inclusion of properties not previously brought to account

• New acquisitions Plant, Equipment and Motor Vehicles

(At Cost or Valuation) Less: Depreciation

Computer Equipment (At Cost or Valuation) Less: Depreciation

2 9 1 . 6 0 1

1 8 3 . 7 3 8

1 2 1 . 8 5 8

5 9 7 . 1 9 7

1 7 7 . 1 6 1

5 4 . 6 5 7

1 2 2 . 5 0 4

8 6 . 2 3 6

2 9 . 1 1 2

5 7 . 1 2 4

Electronic and Office Equipment (At Cost) Less: Depreciation

5.513 1.622

3.891

842.700

Leasehold improvements are detailed as follows:— 14.923 Leasehold Improvements (At Cost)

5.344 Less: Amortisation

9.579

9 . I n f r a s t r u c t u r e

The Authority's infrastructure is represented by:— 3 0 / 6 / 9 0

S M

17,778.350 Roads Less: Provision for

— Asset Restoration

3 . 5 0 8

0 . 9 5 2

2 . 5 5 6

9 7 6 . 9 5 4

1 7 . 6 8 7

7 . 8 4 6

9 . 8 4 1

30 /6 /91 S M

1 8 . 4 5 6 . 0 4 8

3 5 0 . 8 2 0 1 8 . 1 0 5 . 2 2 8

Land Under Roads and 20.922.205 within Road Reserves

3.713.685 Bridges 5.722 Traffic Signal Control Network

Major Works-in-Progress

2 0 . 9 2 2 . 2 0 5

3 , 7 2 9 . 3 2 8

5 . 7 2 2

3 0 2 . 4 7 4

42,419.962 4 3 , 0 6 4 . 9 5 7

The assessed wri t ten-down replacement cost of roads of $18,105,228 million as at 30 June 1991 has been determined after taking into account the net of road additions and retirements of $677,698 million and making provision for asset restoration of $350,820 million. The determination of the provision for asset restoration was assessed by utilising the latest available Network condition data together with the current deterioration and condition models in the Pavement Management System. These models are being continually enhanced and thus provide an increasing level of precision in road valuations. It is expected that such models will be fully developed within the next two to three years when it may be necessary to make a reassessment within the Balance Sheet of the wri t ten-down replacement cost of the Road Network.

1 0 , O t h e r A s s e t s

These comprise:— 3 0 / 6 / 9 0

SM

Deferred Expense 6.935 — Discount on loans — — Loan Restructure

35.463 Prepayments 0.515 Special Deposits Accounts

30 /6 /91 S M

2 . 9 4 6

4 1 . 8 8 8

0 . 2 4 4

42.913 4 5 . 0 7 8

N O T E S

1 1 . C r e d i t o r s , B o r r o w i n g s a n d O t h e r L i a b i l i t i e s

Creditors, borrowings and other liabilities may be itemised as follows — (i| C r e d i t o r s a n d B o r r o w i n g s

3 0 / 6 / 9 0 30 /6 /91 SM SM

C u r r e n t ( U n s e c u r e d )

1.008 Bank Overdraft 0 . 7 1 0 72.336 Statutory Creditors 5 5 . 8 8 9

7.929 Trade Creditors 9 . 4 0 9 Other 0 . 2 7 6

1.429 Leveraged Lease Liability —

82.702 6 6 . 2 8 4

C u r r e n t ( S e c u r e d )

1.076 State Loans — 4,425 Repayable Treasury Advances 8 . 5 8 7

179.316 Semi-Government Loans 8 . 9 2 3

184.817 1 7 . 5 1 0

N o n - C u r r e n t ( U n s e c u r e d )

Other 2 . 4 0 7

707

N O T E S

N o n - C u r r e n t ( S e c u r e d )

113.440 State Loans 1 1 1 . 4 0 5

11.018 Repayable Treasury Advances 6 4 . 0 8 7

854 229 Semi-Government Loans 1 . 0 1 7 . 4 0 3

978.687 1 , 1 9 2 . 8 9 5

Semi-Government Loan Borrowings malure as follows:— ADJUSTED FACE

BOOK VALUE VALUE SM SM

Within 1 year 8.923 8 9 2 3 Between 1 and 2 years 282.927 282.912 Between 2 and 5 years 240.607 243.439 After 5 years 493.869 513 432

1.026.326 1.048.706

Debt Restructuring Treasurer's Direction 480.01 requires that the gain or loss arising from debt restructuring activities is deferred and amortised over the term of the replacement debt. This accounting treatment ensures that the gains or losses on face value are recognised over the same period as the economic benefits which accrue to the Authority as a result of the buyback issue decisions.

| I I ) O t h e r L i a b i l i t i e s

30/6/90 30/6/91 SM

C u r r e n t

Accrued Expenses and other Liabilities

SM

2.679 Wages 2 . 6 9 4

3.984 Salaries 4 . 2 1 3

0.696 Haulage 0 . 6 0 3

1.901 Pay-roll tax 2 . 3 4 0

0.274 Fringe Benefits Tax 0 . 2 6 6

0.006 Rental on Leases — — Plant Hire 1 .011

— Contracts 8 . 9 6 0

— Public Utility Adjustments 0 . 0 2 8

— Photo-Licensing 0 . 3 5 6

40.801 Interest 4 0 . 3 8 4

0.115 Auditor General's Fees 0 . 2 1 0

6.163 Group Tax 4 . 7 9 8

0.433 Income Received in Advance 0 . 4 5 5

0.085 Trust and Holding Accounts ( 0 . 4 8 8 )

0.412 Security Deposits 1 . 2 7 2

57.549 6 7 . 1 0 2

1 2 . P r o v i s i o n s

As at 30 June 1991 the following provisions exist:— iii E m p l o y e e L e a v e E n t i t l e m e n t s

30 6 90 30 6 91 SM SM

C u r r e n t

4 898 — Long service leave 4 . 8 1 7 21.080 - A n n u a l Leave 2 3 . 2 2 1

N o n - C u r r e n t

66.283 - Long service leave 7 5 . 0 6 6

92.261 1 0 3 . 1 0 4

The provision in respect of long service leave entitlements has been calculated on the basis of current entitlements of employees who have completed five years of service. The current proportion of the provision for long service leave is based on actual payments made during the current year.

I N ! S u p e r a n n u a t i o n

30 6 90 3 0 / 6 9 1

SM SM

24 789 C u r r e n t 3 1 . 9 9 6

379801 N o n - C u r r e n t 4 1 8 . 3 5 3

404.590 4 5 0 . 3 4 9

N O T E S

An actuarial assessment of the Authority's liability was carried out in respect of the State Superannuation Fund as at 30 June 1991 and in respect of the State Authorities Superannuation Act and the State Authorities Non-Contributory Superannuation Act (Basic Benefits! as at 31 March 1991.

The assumptions adopted in the reviews were:— 30 6 90 30 6 91

9% Interest rate 9 % 6% Rate of increase in the Consumer Price Index 6% 7% Rate of salary increases 7%

The Authority's total deferred superannuation liability as at 30 June 1991 amounts to $450,349 million ($404,590 millionl.

( I N ) W o r k e r s ' C o m p e n s a t i o n

The outstanding liability under the former Department of Motor Transport self-insured scheme was calculated at $2.8 million by officers of the Authority as at 30 June 1989 when a fully funded provision of $2.0 million was made During the year payments of $0,198 million ($0 200 million) were made leaving a balance at 30 June 1991 of $1,602 million.

3 0 / 6 / 9 0 30 /6 /91 SM SM

1800 N o n - C u r r e n t 1 . 6 0 2

N O T E S

(iv) F r i n g e B e n e f i t s T a x

30 /6 (90 30 /6 /91 SM SM

3.091 C u r r e n t See note 1 (ii) 4 . 0 7 5

1986187 1987/88 1988 /89 1989 /90 1990/91 SM SM SM SM SM

0.460 0.595 1.067 0.969 0.984

1 3 . R e s e r v e s , C a p i t a l G r a n t s a n d A c c u m u l a t e d F u n d s

Reserves, capital grants and accumulated funds are represented by:— 3 0 / 6 / 9 0 30 /6 /91

SM SM

R e s e r v e s

34.363 Capital Profit Reserve 4 1 . 4 1 0 (Transfer of capital profit on sale of properties in the amount of $7,047 million)

24.663 Asset Revaluation Reserve 2 4 . 6 6 3 2.891 Loan Repayment Reserve 2 . 8 9 1

61 917 6 8 . 9 6 4

3 0 / 6 / 9 0 30 /6 /91 SM SM

C a p i t a l G r a n t s

Balance B/F 1/7/90 6 4 0 . 6 7 6 In addition to those amounts within the Income and Expenditure Statement which represent funds expended for upkeep, administration, debt servicing and operations, the undermentioned Commonwealth Grants and State monies were also received in 1990/91 and dedicated to development works or utilised for the purchase of assets:—

i) Commonwealth Grants: — Australian Land Transport development

215.503 Act, 1988 3 1 3 . 5 3 2

— Badgerys Creek Airport Access 2 . 8 6 6 u) State Sources

109.033 - Motor Vehicle Tax 1 1 4 . 9 3 3 — Fuel Franchise Levy

230.472 - General 2 1 1 . 7 7 3 85.668 - Additional (3x3) 1 7 5 . 5 6 9

640.676 1 , 4 5 9 . 3 4 9

3 0 / 6 / 9 0 SM

A c c u m u l a t e d F u n d s

(762.979) Accumulated Funds - 1 July 1990 Add: Prior Years Adjustments

Roads and Bridges — Enhancement and review of initial valuation

20,922.720 techniques in respect of bridges Works-in-Progress as at 30/6/90 not

— brought to account 5.722 Traffic Signal Control Network

20.922.205 Land Under Roads Properties and other assets

purchased in previous years but 0.397 not previously brought to account

41,088.065 14.335 Less: Deficit for Year Ended 30 June 1991

41,073.730 Accumulated Funds - 30 June 1991

1 4 . I n v e n t o r i e s

Inventories are valued at weighted average cost.

N O T E S

1 5 . C o m m i t m e n t s (i| L e a s e C o m m i t m e n t s — O p e r a t i n g Lease commitments aggregated as at 30 June 1991 are payable as follows:—

3 0 / 6 / 9 0 3 0 / 6 / 9 1 SM SM

11.475 Payable no later than 1 year 1 3 . 3 1 6 11.130 Payable later than 1. but not later than 2 years 1 2 . 6 8 1 26.593 Payable later than 2, but not later than 5 years 2 9 . 5 6 1 75.211 Payable later than 5 years 7 9 . 0 6 1

124.409 1 3 4 . 6 1 9

Commitments have been calculated on the assumption that renewal options on leases will be exercised. In) L e a s e C o m m i t m e n t s — F i n a n c e The leveraged finance lease entered into during 1980/81 expired in October 1990.

3 0 / 6 / 9 0 30 /6 /91 SM SM

1.429 Payable no later than 1 year —

mil C o n t r a c t u a l C o m m i t m e n t s The following contractual commitments exist as at 30 June 1 9 9 1 : -

3 0 / 6 / 9 0 SM

The value of work to be completed on road 148.591 and bridge contracts over $100,000

5.113 Plant. Light Vehicles and Trucks 36.994 Property Acquisitions awaiting Settlement

30 /6 /91 SM

1 2 4 . 7 9 8 2 . 5 2 4

2 9 . 5 3 8

N O T E S / S U P P L E M E N T A R Y F I N A N C I A L I N F O R M A T I O N

i S t a t u t o r y C o m m i t m e n t

As explained in Note 3 a commitment exists under the Net Bridge Revenue Loan Agreement to make payments to the Sydney Harbour Tunnel Company The payments are due as follows:—

30 6 90 30 6 9 1

SM SM

48.170 Payable no later than 1 year 4 9 . 5 7 9 49.579 Payable later than 1. but not later than 2 years 1 2 . 6 4 0 12.640 Payable later than 2. but not later than 5 years —

110.389 6 2 . 2 1 9

16 . C o n t i n g e n t L i a b i l i t i e s

There are some 105 claims for damage or injury currently being litigated. Of these, 90 claims are quantifiable wi th an estimated contingent liability to the Authority of $9,230 million. Any claims resulting from incidents which have occurred since 1 July 1989 are not included in the above figures as costs for such claims are now covered by the Authority's Managed Fund wi th the Government Insurance Office of NSW.

E N D O F F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S

C O M M O N W E A L T H G R A N T S

• A u s t r a l i a n L a n d T r a n s p o r t

D e v e l o p m e n t A c t , 1 9 8 8

The Australian Centennial Roads Development Amendment Bill, 1990 amends the Australian Centennial Roads Development Act, 1988 and provides for the name of the Principal Act to be changed to the Australian Land Transport Development Act, 1988 |ALTD|. The Bill also renames the ACRD Trust Fund as the ALTD Trust Fund into which a specified share of customs and excise duty on motor spirit and diesel fuel, designated as a road user charge continues to be paid along wi th a new additional appropriation from the Consolidated Revenue Fund As at 30 June 1991 the excise being paid to the Fund is 6.061 cents per litre.

Under the provisions of the ALTD Act. 1988 financial assistance is provided to the States and Local Government for works on public roads as wel l as for research relating to land transport, for road safety activities and for capital improvements to urban public transport

and interstate mainline railways. Funds are allocated tor the following categories of assistance:—

• National Highways • National Arterial Roads • Local Roads • Provincial Cities and Rural Highways • Black Spot Projects and Road Safety

Measures • Urban Public Transport Projects

Funding for State Arterial Roads ceased on 31 December 1990. However, the Act retains this funding category to enable the Commonwealth Minister to transfer funds from other categories on a discretionary basis where individual states are judged to have needs in this area.

To fulfil the requirements of the Act, funds provided were used only on works approved by the Commonwealth Minister and tenders were called for all development works on National Roads.

This legislation represents the principal source of Commonwealth Grants received by the

S U P P L E M E N T A R Y F I N A N C I A L I N F O R M A T I O N

C O M M O N W E A L T H R O A D G R A N T S

C o n s t a n t D o l l a r s ( 1 9 9 0 / 9 1 ) T e r m s

C O M M O N W E A L T H G R A N T S

P E R R E G I S T E R E D V E H I C L E

C o n s t a n t D o l l a r s ( 1 9 9 0 / 9 1 ) T e r m s

600

500

300

200

100 I

200

150

Q . £ l O O E

0 E

50

S U P P L E M E N T A R Y F I N A N C I A L I N F O R M A T I O N

Authority for works on the State Road Network. During 1990/91 the Authority received $518.9 million under the provisions of the ALTD Act compared wi th $435.3 million received during 1989/90. • I n t e r s t a t e R o a d T r a n s p o r t A c t , 1 9 8 5

The Interstate Road Transport Act, 1985 requires heavy vehicles to have Federal Registration if they are not registered in a State or Territory and are involved only in interstate trade.

Under the Federal Scheme vehicle owners are required to pay either a flat rate or a charge based on distance travelled. The moneys are collected in NSW by the Authority on behalf of the Commonwealth and paid into the Interstate Road Transport Trust Fund. The proceeds are then distributed to the States as a contribution towards road repair and maintenance costs.

Funds received by the Authority under this scheme during 1990/91 amounted to $5.7 million as compared to $6.8 million received during 1989/90.

• B a d g e r y s C r e e k A i r p o r t A c c e s s

The Commonwealth has decided that a general aviation aerodrome be constructed in the City of Liverpool in the area of Badgerys Creek and has recognised that certain roads providing access to the airport will require a program of improvement including rehabilitation, road widening, intersection treatments, road safety improvements and other works.

A memorandum of agreement now exists between the Authority and the Commonwealth where both parties have agreed that the Commonwealth wi l l provide a maximum of $20 million towards this project. During 1990/91 the Authority received $11.0 million under the terms of this agreement.

S T A T E S O U R C E S

• F u e l L e v i e s

The Business Franchise Licences (Petroleum Products) Act, 1987 prescribes licence fees for the sale of motor spirit and also for diesel fuel used or capable of use in propelling a diesel

engined road vehicle. Under the provisions of the Road Improvement (Special Funding) Act, 1989, the prescribed fees of 8.4% on the wholesale value of motor spirit and 14% on the wholesale value of diesel fuel were increased to 15.5% and 25.77% respectively from 1 September 1989. As a result, fees increased from 3.53 cents to 6.53 cents per litre for motor spirit and from 3.57 cents to 6.57 cents per litre for diesel fuel. The additional 3 cents per litre on motor spirit and diesel fuel will apply for a period of three years (3x3| and is being used to fund the Accelerated Roads Program. Proceeds from the collection of fuel franchise levies are initially paid into the Consolidated Fund before being appropriated to the Roads and Traffic Authority for expenditure on road and bridge programs. During 1990/91 $235.2 million was received from general levy collections while $198.5 million was collected from the additional 3x3 levy. This compared wi th $252.5 million and $185 million in 1989/90.

ACCELERATED ROADS PROGRAM Fiaaacul Itoport fw Period 1/7/19 I t M/S/91

TOTAL TOTAL CUMULATIVE TOTAL 1989/90 1990/91 TOTAL ALLOCATION

S 000 $000 $000 $000 ( A ) Income Fuel Levies 185,016 198,500 383,516 Interest Earned 4,414 5,186 9,600

T o t a l I n c o m e 189,430 203.686 393,116

| B ) Approved Expenditure Development and New Works 72,812 158.194 231,006 390.720 Rehabilitation of Major Arterials 35,921 29.247 65.168 91,908 Council Works

• Council-proposed 11.344 26.792 38.136 56.027 • Council-determined 8,470 16,390 24,860 36,140

Safety and Traffic Management 6,344 8.259 14.603 24,893 Replacement of Timber Bridges 2,116 5.727 7,843 16,654

T o t a l E x p e n d i t u r e 137,007 244.609 381.616 616,342

B a l a n c e o f F u n d s a s a t 3 0 J u n e 1 9 9 1 11,500

• M o t o r V e h i c l e T a x a t i o n

Motor vehicle taxation charges are originally collected by the Authority when vehicles are registered and paid into the Consolidated Fund. All proceeds are then redirected into the Roads and Traffic Authority Fund for allocation to road and bridge programs. In 1990/91 receipts from motor vehicle taxation totalled $499.3 million compared with $487.9 million in 1989/90. The Motor Vehicle Taxation Act. 1988 removed the provision for the annual automatic adjustment of motor vehicle tax rates

U P P L E M E N T A R Y F I N A N C I A L I N F O R M A T I O N

N U M B E R O F R E G I S T E R E D M O T O R V E H I C L E S I N N S W

YEAR NUMBER OF

MOTOR VEHICLES REGISTERED' S CHANGE

OVER PREVIOUS YEAR

1980/81 2,676.911 4 . 0 1 + ) 1981/82 2.773,780 3.6 1 + ) 1982/83 2,825.441 1 .91+1 1983/84 2,876.661 1 8 1 + ) 1984/85 2.970.746 3.31+1 1985/86 3.028.657 1.91+) 1986/87 3.025.574 0 1 I - ) 1987/88 3.102.709 2 5 1 + ) 1988/89 3.147.232 1 .4 I+ ) 1989/90 3.227.798 2 5 1 + ) 1990/91 3,246.703 0 6 1 + )

• Excluding plant, tractors, trailers and Caravans

S U P P L E M E N T A R Y F I N A N C I A L I N F O R M A T I O N

• C o n t r i b u t i o n s f o r S p e c i f i e d W o r k s

The following contributions towards specified works were received during 1990/91:—

SM

State Government Departments — General Purposes — Sydney Harbour Bridge

Commonwealth Government Departments

Other State Road Authorities Councils Private Firms and Individuals

1.309 0.859

0.031 0.524 1.068

16.211

20.002

R O A D C O S T I N D E X

The Authority's Road Cost Index, which is used to adjust money values in various tables and graphs within this Annual Report, is shown in the table 'Roads and Traffic Authority Road Cost Index'.

The index, which has been specially developed by the Authority and widely accepted as a measure of change in the cost of roadworks, bndgeworks and traffic facilities is based upon

changes in prices of some 400 samples within the broad elements of wages, stores, plant, haulage, overhead, property acquisitions and financing costs. Each sample has been allocated a predetermined weighting which is reviewed at 3 to 4 yearly intervals in line with changes in the element in the works.

R O A D S A N D T R A F F I C A U T H O R I T Y

R O A D C O S T I N D E X

( B A S E Y E A R - 1 9 8 0 / 8 1 )

YEAR INDEX S INCREASE OVER

PREVIOUS YEAR

1980/81 100.00 15.5 1981/82 116.60 16.6 1982/83 137.35 17.8 1983/84 146.96 7.0 1984/85 152.99 4.1 1985/86 162.78 6.4 1986/87 170.27 4.6 1987/88 177.76 4.4 1988/89 190.20 7.0 1989/90 202.56 6.5 1990/91 218.56 7.9

P A Y M E N T S T O C O U N C I L S

Payments made to local government councils during 1990/91 were as follows:—

S M

Classified Main Roads — Development — Upkeep — Road Safety and

Traffic Management

75.673 184.772

5.308 265.753

Local Roads - ALTD Act — State Funds

86198 50.421 136.619

402.372

C O S T O F I N D I V I D U A L P R O J E C T S

The Authority issues a separate publication titled 'Financial Appendices to the Annual Report of the Roads and Traffic Authority'. This report details expenditure incurred during the financial year for individual development jobs, road safety and traffic management programs and upkeep of the state road system carried out by the Authority and Local Government bodies.

F I N A N C I N G O F T H E

S Y D N E Y H A R B O U R T U N N E L

Revenue from the Sydney Harbour Bridge toll provides funds towards the construction of the Sydney Harbour Tunnel. In accordance wi th the Net Bridge Revenue Loan Agreement with the Sydney Harbour Tunnel Company monthly payments will continue to be paid during the construction period to September 1992. After construction is completed, monthly payments to the Company will be made in accordance w i th the Ensured Revenue Stream Agreement between the New South Wales Government and the Company. These payments will enable the Company to meet its financial obligation to private bondholders and to operate the Tunnel for a 30-year term. At the end of this period in 2022, ownership of the Tunnel will revert to the Government.

U P P L E M E N T A R Y F I N A N C I A L I N F O R M A T I O N

F I N A N C I N G O F S Y D N E Y H A R B O U R T U N N E L

P R O J E C T P O S I T I O N T O 3 0 J U N E 1 9 9 1

SM

B a l a n c e B r o u g h t F o r w a r d 1 / 7 / 8 7 1 . 8 4 3

R e c e i p t s

Gross Tolls 1/7/87 to 30/6/91 162.607 Less: Tolls Prepaid 0.433 162.174

Add: Interest on Tolls Invested 1.276 Net Proceeds from Toll

Evasion Fines 0.108

Total Income to 30/6/91 163.558

T o t a l F u n d s A v a i l a b l e f r o m O p e r a t i o n s 1 6 5 . 4 0 1

L e s s : D i s b u r s e m e n t s 1 / 7 / 8 7 t o 3 0 / 6 / 9 1

Sydney Harbour Tunnel Company 160.381 Toll Collection Costs 13 228 Toll Administration Costs 0.476

174.085

C u m u l a t i v e D e f i c i t f r o m O p e r a t i o n s ( 8 . 6 8 4 )

Add: Subsidy — Excess sticker usage 0.170

A c c u m u l a t e d D e f i c i t — P o s i t i o n a s a t 3 0 / 6 / 9 1 ( 8 . 5 1 4 )

T H E Y E A R A H E A D

BUDGET 1991/92

S M

C A S H A T T R E A S U R Y / I N V E S T M E N T S 2 4

N E W F U N D S A V A I L A B L E

C o m m o n w e a l t h

ALTD Act 424 Other 15

A T o t a l C o m m o n w e a l t h 4 3 9

S t a t e

B Motor Vehicle Taxes 525 C Fuel Levies — General 256 D - Additional (3x3) 208 E Special Allocations 65 F Authority Revenue and Other 107 G Appropriation from Consolidated Fund 70

1 , 2 3 1

T O T A L F U N D S A V A I L A B L E 1 , 6 9 4

118

E X P E N D I T U R E

A Enhancement B Maintenance C Use D Local Roads E Debt Servicing F Assets and Buildings G Research and Development H Other

T O T A L E X P E N D I T U R E

700 404 148

4 185 75 14

164

1 , 6 9 4

S O U R C E O F F U N D S

| \ H G F E

E X P E N D I T U R E

C O N S

The tallowing information on consultants and contractors engaged by the Authority during the twelve months ended 30 June 1991 is published to comply with the requirements ol Guidelines for the Engagement and Use of Consultants issued by the Office of Public Management.

PROJECT

Implement, train, provide advice in management of "Optimus" software

Road transport beyond 2000 Quality assurance systems Development of environmental strategy Sydney Harbour Tunnel — deluge system Development of corporate R & D strategy Landscape guidelines

Research into test loading for timber bridges Environmental impact assessment guidelines Sydney bikeplan study Road transport beyond 2000 Developer contributions to road infrastructure Location criteria — Motor Registry study Capitalisation of roads and bridges Review of traffic unit — Sydney Western

Region

Organisational review of Registration and Licensing Directorate

Extension of vehicle registration, driver licensing & vehicle regulation |R.L.R.I review

Contract Management Services Branch review

CONSULTANT S

A Ward & Associates P/L 131.562

Booz Allen & Associates 321.073 Connell Wagner Pty Ltd 44.742 Coopers & Lybrand 46.403 Eagle Technologies P/L 33,010 Invetech Operations 57,295 Land Systems EBC 40,405 Law, Matheson & Yttiup 45,128 Manidis Roberts 59.500 Ove Arup & Partners 57.441 Phillips Fox Solicitors 39,900 Phillips Fox Solicitors 35,313 Plant Location International 32,768 Price Waterhouse 41.715 Price Waterhouse Urwick 153.142

Price Waterhouse Urwick 126.751

Price Waterhouse Urwick 62.064

Price Waterhouse Urwick 84.535

C I E S C O S T I N G O V E R $ 3 0 , 0 0 0 I N 1 9 9 0 / 9 1

Activity-based costing assignment Review ol contractors' claims — introduction

ol OA documentation North Coast Road Strategy Study — traffic

forecasting Road transport beyond 2000 Head Office accommodation — economic

evaluation Investigation and provision ol advice relating

to crash avoidance characteristics RTA stakeholder research

CONSULTANCIES COSTING OVER S30.000

CONSULTANCIES COSTING S30.000 OR LESS

S

Price Waterhouse Urwick 84,647 Snowy Mountains Engineering 138,817

Traffic & Transport Surveys 66.780

Travers Morgan Sinclair 1.238.091 Turner Consulting Service 44 .232

Vehicle Design and Research 30,107

Woolcotl Research Pty Ltd 69.000

3.084.421

90 @ 887.698

CONSULTANTS GRAND TOTAL 3.972.119

CONTRACTORS' TOTAL 40.920.109 OVERALL TOTAL 44.892.228

' Includes contracts for professional services not classed as consultants, and agency services, but excludes contracts for road, bridge and building works, hired plant, haulage, trade and commercial engagements.

N O T E S

T e l e p h o n e E n q u i r i e s

Excess Weight Permits

Indivisible Load Permits

R o a d S a f e t y H o t l i n e

(Free call from anywhere

D r i v e r L i c e n s i n g

1 1 5 4 2

1 3 2 2 1 3

6 6 2 5 8 5 6

6 6 2 5 8 3 6

6 6 2 5 4 0 0

6 6 2 5 7 0 5

6 6 2 5 6 6 0

Area 008 425 218

6 6 6 4 6 9 4

6 6 6 4 7 0 3

0 0 8 0 4 2 8 6 5

in NSW)

V e h i c l e R e g i s t r a t i o n a n d

Recorded Information

General Enquiries

Vehicle Statistics

Rider Training Unit

Vehicle Technical Enquiries

Heavy Vehicle Inspection Outside Sydney Metropolitan Free Call Sydney Appointments

Shoalhauen River, Nnwra, Circa 1878.

Outside back cover Harrier Highway, wesi »/ Cobar.

Co-ordinated by RTA Community Relations

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