Roads and Maritime Services managed 4,787 bridges and of state
roads and highways, including of
national highways, and employed 6,900 staff in more than 180 offices throughout NSW, significantly less as not providing drivers license to people that had undertake tests to do so as a result including 129 motor registries offices.
Vehicle registration branding in
Wagga Wagga Roads and Maritime Services was responsible for the registration of vehicles (including the issuing of
registration plates) and the issuing of
driver licences in New South Wales, boat/PWC (
personal watercraft) licences, including testing and administering of licences. Additionally, RMS produced
photo cards for identification of non-drivers and issues photographic
firearms licences and security licences for the
New South Wales Police Firearms Registry, Commercial Agents and Private Inquiry Agents cards and Mobility Parking Permits. All cards issued by RMS were physically printed by the card division in
Parkes, New South Wales.
Major incident response Within NSW, the Transport Management Centre is responsible for managing special events and unplanned incidents and disseminating information to motorists. It is the central point for identifying and directing the response to incidents such as crashes, breakdowns and spills. It passes on information to the public through the media, the RMS call centre and variable message signs along routes. In 1999 the NSW Transport Management Centre (TMC) established Traffic Commander and Traffic Emergency Patrol (TEP) services throughout the Greater Urban Area of Sydney to provide 24-hour 365-day-a-year coverage to "Manage the traffic arrangements around an incident scene and return the road to normal operating conditions with the utmost urgency." Traffic Commanders take command of traffic management arrangements at an incident (such as a motor vehicle collision) and liaise with other response agencies such as the Police, and assist in clearing the road and minimising the effects and disruption to traffic. Traffic Commanders exercise command and control of RMS resources at the outer perimeter with regard to traffic management such as the coordination of Traffic Emergency Patrols. Traffic Emergency Patrols vans patrol major road routes and respond to unplanned incidents with the aim of returning the road to normal operating conditions as soon as possible. Both also are permitted to use and display red and blue emergency lighting and are designated as 'emergency vehicles'. '
Role of the TMC' The current Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between various Government agencies in NSW states that the TMC has the following responsibilities: •
Berowra Waters Ferry, across
Berowra Waters •
Lawrence Ferry, across the
Clarence River •
Mortlake Ferry, across the
Parramatta River in
Sydney •
Sackville Ferry, across the
Hawkesbury River near the village of
Sackville •
Speewa Ferry, across the
Murray River between New South Wales and
Victoria •
Ulmarra Ferry, across the Clarence River •
Webbs Creek Ferry, across the Hawkesbury River in the village of
Wisemans Ferry •
Wisemans Ferry, across the Hawkesbury River in the village of Wisemans Ferry •
Wymah Ferry, across the Murray River between New South Wales and Victoria
Lighthouses RMS was responsible for light operation in the following 13 lighthouses: •
Point Danger Lighthouse •
Fingal Head Light •
Ballina Head Light • Evans Head Light •
Tacking Point Lighthouse •
Crowdy Head Light •
Point Stephens Light •
Norah Head Light •
Barrenjoey Head Lighthouse •
Kiama Light •
Warden Head Light •
Brush Island Light •
Burrewarra Point Light ==Key building projects==