Corporate Body

Main Roads Department (1930 - )

State of Western Australia

From
1 January 1930
Western Australia, Australia
Functions
Road Transport
Alternative Names
  • Main Roads Western Australia
Website
https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/
Reference No
State Records Office of WA Agency ID: AU WA A350

Summary

The Main Roads Department, in co-operation with Local Government, develops and manages the State road network as part of a total transportation system, and has responsibility for implementing the state's policies on road access and main roads. It was constituted under the Main Roads Act 1930 (WA).

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Timeline

 1926 - 1930 Main Roads Board
       1930 - Main Roads Department

Related People

Published resources

Books

  • Edmonds, Leigh, The vital link : a history of Main Roads Western Australia 1926-1996 (Nedlands, WA: University of Western Australia Press, 1997), 516 pp. Details

Ken McInnes

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