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Roads Thematic History Roads and Maritime Services Roads Thematic History THIS PAGE LEFT INTENTIONALLY BLANK ROADS AND TRAFFIC AUTHORITY HERITAGE AND CONSERVATION REGISTER Thematic History Second Edition, 2006 RTA Heritage and Conservation Register – Thematic History – Second Edition 2006 ____________________________________________________________________________________ ROADS AND TRAFFIC AUTHORITY HERITAGE AND CONSERVATION REGISTER Thematic History Second Edition, 2006 Compiled for the Roads and Traffic Authority as the basis for its Heritage and Conservation (Section 170) Register Terry Kass Historian and Heritage Consultant 32 Jellicoe Street Lidcombe NSW, 2141 (02) 9749 4128 February 2006 ____________________________________________________________________________________ 2 RTA Heritage and Conservation Register – Thematic History – Second Edition 2006 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Cover illustration: Peak hour at Newcastle in 1945. Workers cycling to work join the main Maitland Road at the corner of Ferndale Street. Source: GPO1, ML, 36269 ____________________________________________________________________________________ 3 RTA Heritage and Conservation Register – Thematic History – Second Edition 2006 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Abbreviations DMR Department of Main Roads, 1932-89 DMT Department of Motor Transport, 1952-89 GPO1 Government Printer Photo Collection 1, Mitchell Library MRB Main Roads Board, 1925-32 SRNSW State Records of New South Wales ____________________________________________________________________________________ 4 RTA Heritage and Conservation Register – Thematic History – Second Edition 2006 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Table of Contents A. THEMATIC OUTLINE .................................................................................................................... 11 1.0 Connecting settlements in the new colony ...................................................................... 11 2.0 Providing roads and bridges through the Department of Public Works .......................... 18 3.0 Experimenting with new ways of providing roads and bridges for the colony/state............................................................................................................................ 25 4.0 Evolving administrative arrangements for the DMR/RTA ................................................ 28 4.1 Assessing previous routes and bridges inherited by the Main Roads Board/DMR .................................................................................................... 35 5.0 Planning road hierarchies ................................................................................................ 36 5.1 Road classes ...................................................................................................... 41 6.0 Constructing roads and works (DMR) ............................................................................. 47 6.1 Evolving construction techniques. ...................................................................... 47 6.2 Continuing construction and maintenance works on roads ................................ 48 6.3 Constructing new roads ...................................................................................... 51 6.4 Providing river crossings and bridges ................................................................. 56 6.5 Undertaking wartime defence works .................................................................. 59 7.0 Responding to the impact of road construction or works ................................................ 60 8.0 Ameliorating Environmental Impacts ............................................................................... 64 9.0 Handling property acquired for works and other functions .............................................. 70 10.0 Co-ordinate or Compete - The mix of transport systems? ............................................ 71 11.0 Managing traffic ............................................................................................................. 73 12.0 Licensing and regulating vehicles ................................................................................. 78 12.1 Motor registries ................................................................................................. 80 12.2 Vehicle weighing stations ................................................................................. 81 13.0 Licensing and regulating drivers .................................................................................... 83 14.0 Enhancing road safety ................................................................................................... 84 B. CHRONOLOGY ............................................................................................................................. 88 1.0 Connecting settlements in the new colony ...................................................................... 88 2.0 Providing roads and bridges through the Department of Public Works .......................... 90 3.0 Experimenting with new ways of providing roads and bridges for the colony/state............................................................................................................................ 90 4.0 Evolving administrative arrangements for the DMR/RTA ................................................ 91 5.0 Planning road hierarchies ................................................................................................ 93 5.1 Road classes ...................................................................................................... 94 6.0 Constructing roads and works (DMR) ............................................................................. 94 6.1 Evolving construction techniques. ...................................................................... 95 6.2 Continuing construction and maintenance works on roads ................................ 95 6.3 Constructing new roads ...................................................................................... 95 6.4 Providing river crossings and bridges ................................................................. 97 6.5 Undertaking wartime defence works .................................................................. 99 7.0 Responding to the impact of road construction or works ................................................ 99 8.0 Ameliorating Environmental Impacts ............................................................................... 100 9.0 Handling property acquired for works and other functions .............................................. 102 10.0 Co-ordinate or Compete - The mix of transport systems? ............................................ 103 11.0 Managing traffic ............................................................................................................. 103 12.0 Licensing and regulating vehicles ................................................................................. 105 12.1 Motor registries ................................................................................................. 106 12.2 Vehicle weighing stations ................................................................................. 110 13.0 Licensing and regulating drivers .................................................................................... 110 14.0 Enhancing road safety ................................................................................................... 111 C. NOTABLE PERSONS ASSOCIATED WITH ROADS IN NEW SOUTH WALES OR WITH THE RTA .................................................................................................................................. 112 ____________________________________________________________________________________ 5 RTA Heritage and Conservation Register – Thematic History – Second Edition 2006 ____________________________________________________________________________________ D. RTA HISTORICAL THEMES COMPARED WITH NATIONAL AND STATE THEMES ............................................................................................................................................. 116 E. BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................................................................................ 126 F. INFORMATION SOURCES FOR THE HISTORY OF THE RTA AND HOW TO USE THEM ................................................................................................................................................. 131 ____________________________________________________________________________________ 6 RTA Heritage and Conservation Register – Thematic History – Second Edition 2006 ____________________________________________________________________________________ FOREWORD The RTA Thematic History was originally written as the first stage of the process of developing a Section 170 Heritage Register that would encompass the whole state of NSW. It provided a history of the RTA and its predecessors as well as providing a list of themes as the basis for investigating the types of heritage items that the RTA held in its custody and to help establish the significance of those items. The History provided the basis for interpretation of those items to the community. The Thematic History is only part of the RTA’s long-term heritage policy, which has three main aims: • to identify and manage the heritage items the Authority owns,
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