The Roads & Traffic Authority (RTA) was an agency of the New South Wales Government responsible for major road infrastructure, licensing of drivers, and registration of motor vehicles. The RTA directly managed state roads and provided funding to local councils for regional and local roads. In addition, with assistance from the federal government, the RTA also managed the NSW national highway system. The agency was abolished in 2011 and replaced by New South Wales Roads and Maritime Services. History The Department of Main Roads (DMR) was created in November 1932, and undertook works across New South Wales, including maintenance of all major roads into Sydney and programs of road reconstruction, construction, upgrading and rerouting. The DMR was also responsible for many ferries and bridges in New South Wales. In January 1989, the Department of Main Roads, Department of Motor Transport, and the Traffic Authority were amalgamated to form the Roads and Traffic Authority under the . On 1 November 2011, the Roads & Traffic Authority in turn was merged with NSW Maritime to become Roads and Maritime Services. Planning and co-ordination functions were transferred to Transport for NSW. On 1 December 2019, the Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) was dissolved by act of parliament and merged with Transport for New South Wales Regions of the RTA The Roads and Traffic Authority was divided into six regions: Sydney region encompassed the area of the Sydney metropolitan and the Blue Mountains areas The Hunter Region encompassed the Hunter Region, Central Coast and the southern portion of the Mid North Coast Northern Region extended from about Taree to the Queensland border, and goes as far inland as Tamworth, called "New England" Southern Region encompassed the land south east of the ACT and the Illawarra area near Wollongong South West Region encompassed essentially the land west of the Australian Capital Territory to the South Australia border, extending from the Murray River up to around West Wyalong called the Riverina Western Region encompassed the remaining section in the west and north west of the state Functions The Roads &Traffic Authority had 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, including 129 Motor Registries Offices. Vehicle registration The Roads & Traffic Authority was responsible for the registration of vehicles (including the issuing of registration plates) and the issuing of drivers