Department of Main Roads (New South Wales)

The Department of Main Roads (DMR) was an agency of the New South Wales Government, responsible for planning, constructing and maintaining major road infrastructure. The DMR directly managed highways and major roads and provided funding to local councils for regional and local roads. The agency was merged with other agencies to form the Roads & Traffic Authority in 1989.

Department of Main Roads
DMR logo used from circa 1930s to 1980s
Agency overview
FormedDecember 1932
Preceding Agency
  • New South Wales Main Roads
Dissolved15 January 1989
Superseding agency
  • Roads & Traffic Authority
TypeGovernment Department
JurisdictionNew South Wales
HeadquartersSydney
Employees8,050 (1988)
Annual budget$1 billion (1988)
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Bernard Fisk, Commissioner of Main Roads
Key document
  • Transport (Division of Functions) Act of 1932
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