VicRoads

VicRoads
Corporation overview
Formed1 July 1989 (1989-07-01)
Preceding agencies
  • Road Construction Authority
  • Road Traffic Authority
DissolvedJuly 1, 2019 (2019-07-01) (as independent corporation)
TypeJoint venture
Employees3,006 (June 2018)
Minister responsible
Parent departmentDepartment of Transport and Planning
Key document
Websitevicroads.vic.gov.au
Agency IDPROV VA 2982
Footnotes

VicRoads is a brand for driver licensing and vehicle registration services operated on behalf of the Department of Transport and Planning (DTP) in the state of Victoria, Australia. The operators of the VicRoads brand – R&L Services Victoria, responsible for registration and licensing, and CP Services Victoria, which sells custom plates – are joint ventures between the Victorian government and a consortium made up of Aware Super, Australian Retirement Trust and Macquarie Asset Management.

VicRoads was previously the trading name of the Roads Corporation, which was formed in 1989 as a merger of the Road Construction Authority and the Road Traffic Authority. In addition to registration and licensing services, the Roads Corporation was also responsible for planning, maintenance and construction of the arterial road network; traffic policy and regulation; and road safety policy and research.

Between 2019 and 2022, the Roads Corporation was disestablished as a legal entity, and its functions were transferred to the Department of Transport (later DTP) and the statutory office of the Head, Transport for Victoria. Registration and licensing services were then outsourced to a joint venture in 2022 under the VicRoads brand.