The NSW Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) is set to be transferred into a reformed Transport for NSW Agency as part of a major rethink of the State’s transport service delivery systems.
RMS has ceased to exist following the passage of the Transport Administration Amendment (RMS Dissolution) Bill 2019 through the NSW Parliament last week.
Ministers for Transport and Roads, Andrew Constance and Minister for Regional Transport and Roads, Paul Toole said the passage of the Bill marked a historic shift for all transport.
“The passing of this Bill enables a more integrated and strategic approach to transport for everybody in the State, leading to better roads and services,” Mr Constance said.
“With a single transport agency we will no longer have roads being built in one corner and transport delivered in another, without anybody talking to each other,” he said.
“These changes will better serve our community with a new fit-for-purpose, ready-to-respond transport agency.”
Mr Constance said that a $55.6 billion investment in transport and roads infrastructure over the next four years would produce an integrated transport agency that better met the needs of the community.
Mr Toole said changes enabled by the Bill’s passage would strengthen the NSW Government’s focus on delivering integrated transport solutions across the entire state.
“We know how important transport is to our regional and rural communities,” Mr Toole said.
“Transport for NSW is now better placed to plan and deliver roads, transport, and freight movements across the regions to support communities, create jobs and drive economic growth,” he said.
“This re-organisation is not about cuts, we have given a solid commitment that there will be no job losses in regional NSW.”
Mr Toole said there had been significant progress in bringing the two agencies together since the changes were first announced in April.
