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Formed | 1 July 2016 |
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Jurisdiction | Australian Capital Territory |
Headquarters | 496 Northbourne Avenue, Dickson |
Employees | 2,055 (2019) [1] |
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Website | https://www.cityservices.act.gov.au/ |
Transport Canberra & City Services (TCCS) is a directorate of the Government of the Australian Capital Territory of the Australian Capital Territory, responsible for managing roads, footpaths and cycle paths and managing public transport in Canberra including ACTION buses and the Canberra Light Rail through its Transport Canberra division.
Besides roads and transport, TCCS also delivers services such as recycling and collecting waste, public libraries and ensuring municipal infrastructure such as streetlights and public barbecues are in good working order. It also oversees the management of a number of the ACT Government's commercial operations, including ACT NOWaste, Capital Linen Service, ACT Public Cemeteries Authority (which includes Woden, Gungahlin and Hall cemeteries), and Yarralumla Nursery. [3] [1]
The predecessor of the TCCS was the Territory and Municipal Services Directorate (TAMS), previously the Department of Territory and Municipal Services (also TAMS). TAMS was formed on 1 July 2006 from the merger of the Department of Urban Services, Environment ACT, Australian Capital Tourism, Sport and Recreation ACT, ACTION, Canberra Stadiums and parts of the Office of Sustainability into a single department. [4] [5]
In October 2015, the ACT government announced that they were planning to form a form a standalone public transport directorate known as Transport Canberra, merged from ACTION buses and Capital Metro Agency (CMA), the agency in charge of planning the Canberra light rail project. [6] [7] The plan was modified and announced in April 2016 and the new changes took effect on 1 July 2016: [8]
The administrative changes brought together the CMA, ACTION buses and the existing municipal services functions of TAMS into one directorate. [9] Transport Canberra was still created to manage public transport in Canberra, but as a division under the new TCCS directorate.
In December 2016, TCCS was given the responsibility of waste policy, transferred from the EPSDD. [8]
As of September 2019 [update] , TCCS operated under four areas of responsibilities, which are: [1]
The directorate is responsible to Chris Steel, Minister for City Services, Recycling and Waste Reduction, Roads and Active Travel, and Transport. [1]
As of 5 June 2019 [update] , the Director-General of TCCS is Alison Playford, who has held this position since May 2019. [2] Emma Thomas was the inaugural and previous director-general until her retirement from the ACT public service in April 2019. [10] [11]
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Formed | 1 July 2016 |
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Parent Directorate | Transport Canberra and City Services (TCCS) |
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Website | https://www.transport.act.gov.au |
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