Victoria will get a new transport super-agency within months under a departmental shake-up.
VicRoads and Public Transport Victoria will combine under a stand alone Department of Transport, Premier Daniel Andrews confirmed on Thursday .
"We don't run a road, rail and tram network separately, we run a transport network and that's why we have to make sure the way the government organised itself supports that," he told reporters.
"An integrated, seamless approach where we can get the best outcomes, get the most stuff built, the most things done."
Unions were told of the merger yesterday and staff are expected to be given more details on Thursday.
No job losses are expected from among the 3000 workers at VicRoads and several hundred at PTV.
"In the main you're talking about different parts of government that have operated in far too separate a way," Mr Andrews said.
"By joining them up it's not about duplicating it's about making sure that each part of the system knows what is going on and can be part of an integrated set of works."
Mr Andrews would not discuss potential job relocations until staff had been given more details.
The new department structure will be implemented from July 1.
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