Road Construction Authority
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|type = Statutory Authority
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|formed = 1 July 1983
|preceding1 = Country Roads Board
|dissolved = 30 June 1989
|superseding = VicRoads
|jurisdiction = Victoria, Australia
|headquarters = Kew, Victoria
|employees = 3,984 (June 1989)
|budget = $611 million (1988/89)
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|minister1_pfo = Minister for Transport
|chief1_name = Ian Stoney
|chief1_position = Chairman & Managing Director
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The Road Construction Authority was a government authority responsible for the construction and maintenance of main roads in the state of Victoria, Australia between 1983 and 1989.
History
The Road Construction Authority (RCB) was formed to take over responsibility from the Country Roads Board for the care and management of the 24,000 kilometres of main roads of the state.Annual Report for year ended 30 June 1984 Road Construction Authority page 5 The Age observed that the Cain government's formation of the RCA was part of a "radical reorganisation" of the state's transport bureaucracy, reducing the long-standing autonomy of public sector bodies and bringing them closer to ministerial control.{{cite news |title=Transport change makes good sense |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/122012357/ |access-date=6 March 2022 |work=The Age |date=4 June 1982 |page=13 |language=en}}
The RBC was abolished on 30 June 1989 when it and the Road Traffic Authority merged to form VicRoads.Annual Report for year ended 30 June 1989 Road Construction Authority pages 7, 32, 49, 55Annual Report for year ended 30 June 1990 VicRoads page 8[https://web.archive.org/web/20220206103137/https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/about-vicroads/our-history Our History] VicRoads