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This page shows the event history for this unit.
01.01.1991* Founding by complex reorganization
01.01.1999* Change of name
01.04.2003* Maintenance by reorganization
Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.
01.04.2003* Change of name
07.03.2011 Maintenance by secession
Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.
07.03.2011* Change of name
01.01.2019* Change of name
The Road Section is responsible for planning, construction, operation and maintenance of our state highways and has overall responsibility for the governance of The Norwegian Public Roads Administration. The section is responsible for toll financing and for state highway ferries. The Road Safety Section is responsible for the Ministry’s work with traffic safety on roads and has administrative responsibility for road traffic legislation. The Urban Section’s responsibility includes the Ministry’s work with urban environment and urban area growth agreements, state part-financing of large public transport projects, toll road fee packages in urban areas and land use policy, public transport, environment and technology development which is relevant to urban areas. International work relating to land use and transport planning in towns and cities are also among the section’s work assignments.
Source: regjeringen.no, january 2019
Remarks
* = If a date is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies that the date is not confirmed.
* = If a name is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies a direct translation from Norwegian to English. The translation is thus not necessarily the official one (if any exists at all).
Comment to the change-of-name event: Sometimes the old and new name is the same. This occur when the translation to English haven’t taken into consideration minor Norwegian name change.