Posted on February 26, 2025 by Stuart Simington and Taylor Finnegan
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ALERT: Targeted Review of the Roads Act 1993
The NSW Government has announced a targeted review of the Roads Act 1993 (Act) to ensure the Act is fit-for-purpose and adaptable for the future.
Transport for NSW has developed an Issues Paper that outlines the process and intended scope of the review, and also stated that it wants to work with councils and key industry bodies to identify opportunities to simplify processes within the legislation to make road management more efficient and straightforward.
Four outcomes are proposed for the targeted review, being to:
- enable more contemporary uses for roads and streets through the Act to guide how the law applies to a range of road users, and inform a more simplified road classification system to improve road and street administration and regulation and contribute to improved road safety outcomes.
- enable faster local council and other roads authority decision making.
- create an easier to use statute that is adaptable and responsive to the future via planning.
- overcome operating challenges for roads authorities.
The review will also consider whether there any necessary and accompanying amendments should be made to the Roads Transport Act 2013 and the Transport Administration Act 1998.
Feedback is being sought on the Issues Paper until 28 March 2025. The Issues Paper is available here.
To discuss this article, please contact Taylor Finnegan on 8235 9723 or Stuart Simington on 8235 9704.
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