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VicRoads is a government joint venture in the state of Victoria, Australia. In the state, it is responsible for driver licensing and vehicle registration . It is owned and operated through a joint venture between the Victorian government and a consortium made up of Aware Super , Australian Retirement Trust and Macquarie Asset Management .
The agencies of the Government of Victoria in Australia are collectively described as the Victorian public sector.By convention, and similarly to other jurisdictions with Westminster systems of government, the public sector is organised into the public service and public entities.
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The move received support from the Rail, Tram and Bus Union, but was opposed by the Australian Services Union, representing many VicRoads staff. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] The Public Transport Users Association offered its cautious support for the changes, saying that although integration of planning functions was a positive, the merger risked ...
Princes Freeway at Lara Eastern Freeway, looking towards Melbourne city. Victoria has the highest density of roads of any state in Australia. Unlike Australia's other mainland states, which have vast areas with virtually no residents, Victoria has population centres spread out over most of the state, with only the far north-west and the Victorian Alps without significant settlements.
The Australian state of Victoria requires its residents to register their motor vehicles and display vehicle registration plates. [1] Current regular issue plates are to the standard Australian dimensions of 372 mm (14.6 in) in length by 134 mm (5.3 in) in height, but Victoria has used its own serial dies since 1977.
In 1989, the increasing cost of accidents caused VicRoads and the TAC to adopt a new approach including: a significant boost to enforcement resources targeting speeding campaigns to sign-post change and help set the public agenda; a sustained and community-based road safety bodies, and; an emphasis on evaluating their effectiveness.
The passing of the Road Management Act 2004 [2] granted the responsibility of overall management and development of Victoria's major arterial roads to VicRoads: in 2004, VicRoads re-declared the road as Westall Road (Arterial #5056), beginning at Princes Highway at Clayton and ending at Springvale Road in Keysborough. [3]